Fifty-seven people were arrested across Morocco for their alleged involvement in a high school exam cheating scam, a media report said on Sunday.
The suspects were accused of leaking baccalaureate exams questions, posting them online and sending answers to students sitting for the exam on their mobile phones in return for money, Xinhua news agency reported.
Those detained were accused of providing “written answers to students in exchange for money,” the General Directorate of National Security (GDNS) said.
The investigation “found numerous web pages and social media sites used for leaking test answers.”
The scandal erupted after answers for a mathematics test at the Academy of Casablanca, in Morocco’s financial capital, were leaked online, forcing the education ministry to order a resit of the exam.
Opposition groups have called for the minister’s resignation.
More than half a million students took their baccalaureate exams last week in Morocco, the results of which will be announced on June 24.
