Morocco Arrests 399 in High-Tech Baccalaureate Exam Cheating Crackdown

The good old cheat sheets are being put to the test by high-tech cheating. More discreet than smartphones and more modern than small pieces of paper, the cheating equipment is becoming more sophisticated year after year and the fraudsters never cease to impress with their ingenuity, despite the system put in place by the Ministry of Education and the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).

In this wake, the DGSN indicated that the repression of fraud during the normal and makeup sessions of the baccalaureate exams for the 2020-2021 school year led to the arrest of 399 people nationwide, including 343 suspected of having committed acts of fraud, reports the MAP.

After the search of the defendants’ homes, 444 mobile phones, 252 wireless headphones connected to computer equipment, several tablets, laptops and internet connection devices were seized, the DGSN said, adding that these ongoing operations across the country aim to ensure the normal conduct of school exams and to fight against the trafficking of fraud materials.

These fraud cases were recorded in Casablanca (127 cases, or 36% of the total), Fez (41 cases, 12%), Agadir (33 cases, 9.3%) and Rabat (22 cases, 6.2%), the same source said.