Three students of Phranakhon Rajabhat University (PNRU) will be investigated for involvement in examination cheating at Rangsit University.
Two of the three students were found to have sat in an exam room while wearing camera-equipped smartglasses to take images of exam papers. They left after 45 minutes, the minimum time for staying in the room, and gave the glasses to the third student outside to upload the images to a remote location. The questions would be answered by an expert team and the information sent to exam sitters.
PNRU rector Pong Horadal has set up a committee to gather evidence after the three were accused of being involved in cheating at Rangsit University last weekend.
The students and their parents will be questioned if the university finds substantial evidence of their involvement.
The rector said the panel would wait for the result of police investigations before taking action, with expulsion the maximum punishment.
PNRU responded to a call by Education Minister Dapong Rattanasuwan, who on Tuesday urged the institution to look into the case.
One of the three cheating students goes to Pak Khlong Rangsit police station on Tuesday to meet police at Rangsit University. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
The names of the three PNRU students have been withheld.
An initial investigation found the data was sent to a private tutorial school.
A team of tutors answered the questions and sent the information to the smartwatches of three students sitting the exam for direct admission to the RU's College of Medicine, and the faculties of dental medicine and pharmacy.
The three proxies were believed to have been paid 6,000 baht by the tutorial school.
One of the students who cheated at the exams and was caught red-handed said he gave 50,000 baht as a deposit to a tutorial school and would pay another 800,000 baht if he passed the exam.
Police at Pak Khong Rangsit police station on Tuesday questioned the student, whose face was concealed.
Pol Lt Col Wut Pradetwong, an interrogating officer at the police station, said on Wednesday that the three students who used the service had informed Rangsit University about their intention to meet the police next Monday.