This year’s high school standouts were rewarded for choosing not to cheat Despite a crackdown on cheating during the recent grade 12 exams, Nheang Bora still paid for his results – in sleep. The 19-year-old – one of only 11 students out of nearly 92,000 to receive an A – had a study plan from the start of the year that left him with little rest. After classes at Phnom Penh’s Bak Touk High School, from 7pm until 11pm, he focused on mathematics, physics, chemistry, Khmer and biology homework and then rose at 4am to study more subjects. “I think my results show how much I invested through the year,” he said. Bora said he realised in grade nine it was not possible to achieve the grades he wanted by cheating. The cheat sheets bought by students to take into exams were normally incomplete and could not be relied upon to provide excellent marks. “I wanted to gain something real from my study, and if I cheat during this exam, where will that leave me with my future education?” Bora said. “I wanted real knowledge – not just an exam result.”
During a meeting at the Council of Ministers yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen showered the 11 students who received As in this year’s grade 12 examination with gifts.
He promised to provide each of them with a motorbike, a MacBook laptop, an iPod, extra study materials, $3,000 in cash and $100 a month until they graduated.
Additionally, those who lived far from their campus would get free accommodation. He also asked the students about the challenges they faced and for suggestions on how to improve the education system.
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