Chinese students use high-tech devices to cheat in exam

BEIJING - Seven students were caught using wireless earphones and wristwatch-like receiving devices for cheating during a national college entrance examination in northwest China.

The students took the exam Monday and Tuesday in China’s Gansu province, Xinhua reported quoting local authorities Wednesday. They scored zero marks in the exams.

Meanwhile, police have detained three people who allegedly sold the devices, a spokesman for the education bureau in Jingyuan county said.

The annual two-day exam, or “gaokao” in Chinese, is the only opportunity for the high school students to secure a place in the universities.

More than 9.57 million students sat for the exam this year, and about 6.57 million will be enrolled at various universities.