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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Mexico’s top university orders 58,000 students to resit entrance exam after suspected cheating

A student shouts into a megaphone as others behind him hold up placards
Applicants protest outside the National Autonomous University of Mexico against the institution’s decision to force a resit. Photograph: Mario Guzman/EPA

Mexico’s largest and most prestigious university has announced that about 58,000 students will have to resit their entrance exam after abnormally high test results raised suspicions of widespread cheating.

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Unam) said the exam would take place in person after its first attempt at a fully remote online version led to a debacle and thousands of annulled results.

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