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Many complaints about unfair means being used in exams have come in. Write a letter to the editor of a national daily newspaper in 100-200 words giving reasons for this trend and suggest measures to combat this. You are Arun/Aruna, 12 Fort Road, Kochi.


12, Fort Road Kochi
2 March, 2018
The Editor The Daily News Kochi
Subject: Expressing concern about unfair means used in exams
Sir
I would like to express my concern about the prevalence of use of unfair means in exams and would appreciate if you would publish my views in your newspaper to bring more attention to this issue.

Schools are reporting more and more cases of cheating in examinations every year, and while the stressful study environment and a flawed exam structure remains the same, but something else seems to be changing. The use of technology has made use of unfair means easier for students, who bring small electronic devices and use them during examinations. A simple way to fix things is to employ stronger security checks to make sure students aren’t carrying any devices that would qualify as unfair means. This way, the growing trend of use of unfair means would be contained.


Yours sincerely


Arun


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