A/L Exams: Students caught with smart phone & watch

A/L Exams: Students caught with smart phone & watch

A student sitting for the GCE Advanced Level Examination at the Gampaha Bandaranaike School has been detained by the invigilator for wearing a smart watch during the examination yesterday (13).

According to Aruna Newspaper, the invigilator had taken custody of the watch and had thereafter permitted the student to sit for the examination.

A complaint had also been filed with the Police with regard to the incident.

Meanwhile, a student of a school in Colombo has been reported to have taken a photograph of his examination paper and sent it to another individual using a mobile phone.

Commissioner General of Examinations Sanath Poojitha said a complaint has been filed with the Criminal Investigations Department in this regard.

The invigilator had seized the mobile phone after inspecting the student on suspicion.

Investigations will be conducted to ascertain if the student had received answers via the mobile phone before or after it was seized by the invigilator, he added.