AN URGENT application brought by a group of Nelson Mandela University students to stop the university from carrying out re-examinations following suspicions of cheating has been dismissed by the Eastern Cape High Court.
According to court papers, the students launched an application, on an urgent basis, to seek orders interdicting the university from proceeding with an exam which was scheduled to take place on February 24. However, by the time the students had served the university with the application, the re-examination had already been written.
NMU used Moodle learning management site where students could access learning material; write online tests, and upload written tests and exams on a remote-based approach. Exams would be released on Moodle and students would write their manuscripts, scan and upload the exam before a cut-off time. “On closer inspection, it appeared that the students answered the questions with identical wording and layout, and made identical errors,” the court papers stated.
Idiots how did they get caught? Almost every student copied