During the college entrance examination in Algeria, the national network will be cut off to prevent cheating
News from June 21st, what are your impressions of the anti-cheating and confidentiality measures during the college entrance examination, which are signal jammers and metal detectors? In one place, a more powerful signal shielding method was adopted for the college entrance examination, and its scope even covered the whole country.
According to reports, June 20 to 25 is Algeria's high school graduation examination time. During this time, social networks across the country will be shut down for an hour each time the exam begins to prevent exam questions from being leaked.
The reason for the move dates back to 2016. In that year's "college entrance examination", there was a very serious phenomenon of cheating, and the exam questions were leaked and spread wildly on the Internet.
Last year, Algerian authorities asked ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to shut down social networks, but conscious means alone were not enough to ensure the implementation of the move. A security official said this year "cyber censorship will be better coordinated and more effective than ever".
Education Minister Nouria Benghabrit said in an interview with Algerian media that the decision was indeed "uncomfortable", but they "should not stand passively in front of this possible leak".
In addition to the disconnection, about 2,000 test centers across the country are also equipped with metal detectors, and have installed surveillance cameras and mobile phone jammers, wifi signal jammer, etc. More than 700,000 students are estimated to have taken the test, with results due on July 22.
