Supervision vital to prevent cheating in gaokao

An undercover journalist from Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily infiltrated a gang in Jiangxi province to expose its racket of arranging for fake candidates to take the national college entrance examination (gaokao) for others. This is the biggest gaokao-related news this year.

After the news broke out, Jiangxi education authorities said they had arrested two people for taking gaokao under other candidates' names and asserted that they would launch a joint investigation with police into the issue.

Education authorities both at the central and local levels have been reiterating that they will take measures to prevent cheating at gaokao. Local authorities in Luoyang, Henan province, have even used radio monitoring drones to prevent cheating. Yet scandals like the one in Jiangxi continue hitting the headlines.