Students can get suspended, expelled

CHEATING, plagiarism, falsification or collusion are all deemed as acts which compromise academic honesty and integrity.

According to the Singapore Management University (SMU) spokesman, while it is "not easy to detect if a paper is purchased", SMU maintains a Code of Academic Integrity which all students are expected to abide by.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have similar Honour Codes.

The students are expected to abide by the highest standards of academic honesty.

Disciplinary actions range from receiving a "fail" grade for the course, or even suspension in SMU's case.

Local polytechnics and JCs told The New Paper they take cheating cases seriously too.

Said the Temasek Polytechnic spokesman: "'Depending on the severity of the case, punitive actions taken could include failing the component or subject, suspension from course and even removal from course."'

Mrs Lee Bee Yann, principal of St Andrew's Junior College, said cheating students will be liable for "suspension, expulsion or punishment".

This article was first published in The New Paper.

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