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Teachers and schools [try / trying] many things to stop students cheating in exams. However, it is difficult to [stopping / stop] all students from cheating. Modern technology has given students new and [novel / book] ways to cheat. A college in the Philippines has adopted a low-tech [weigh / way] of making sure students keep their eyes only [on / once] their paper and not on those of students' around [them / us] . The Bicol University College of Engineering is getting students to [wear / wore] anti-cheating hats [while / during] tests. The hats prevent students from being able to see around them and [peeking / poking] at others' papers. They can focus only [on / in] their own test paper. Students are happy with the idea because they get to design and make their own hat.

Photos of the anti-cheating hats have gone [feral / viral] on social media. Students have come up with all kinds of [weird / weirdo] and wonderful creations. They have used cardboard boxes, egg [carton / cartons] , coat hangers and other recycled materials to create [them / their] hats. A professor said the hats were a "fun way" to make sure there was "integrity and [honesty / honest] " in her tests. She added [that / what] the hats had been "really effective" [in / on] keeping students focused. The professor said: "I'm [pride / proud] of my students because their engineering mid-term exams can be full of pressure and be stressful, yet they managed [for / to] add some colour and fun". Many students finished their tests early and no one was [caught / catching] cheating.