Exam Security Measure: Cardboard Boxes

A bizarre set of images had gone viral showing students donning cardboard boxes on their heads. 

The photos were taken during a chemistry exam at Bhagat Pre-University College in Haveri in Karnataka state, India. They showed students wearing boxes, cut open on one side, to prevent them from being able to copy other people's work. 

College administrator MB Satish had since then apologized for the incident which he described as an anti-cheating experiment – after hearing of its supposed use in Mumbai. 

He also insisted it had been done with the students' consent – in fact they had brought in their own boxes. 

"There was no compulsion of any kind. You can see in the photograph that some students were not wearing it", he said. "Some who wore it removed it after 15 minutes, some after 20 minutes and we ourselves asked them to remove it after one hour". 

SC Peerjade, deputy director of the local pre-University Education Board, described the practice as "inhumane". The practice has since stopped. 

Yesterday, Celtic demolished Ross County 6-0. 

Forward Mohamed Elyounoussi fired the home side ahead from 16 yards in the fourth minute – and yet as his side pummelled their opponents for the rest of the half, they failed to add to their lead. 

Then came the avalanche of goals' i.e. four in just ten minutes at the start of the second half. Odsonne Edouard got his first of the afternoon in the forty-sixth minute after capitalising on a defensive mistake, before Callum McGregor waltzed through the heart of the Ross County defence to make it 3-0 three minutes later. Barely one minute after that, James Forrest sent a brilliant ball to the French striker, and it went in off Ross County defender Liam Fontaine. Five minutes later, Forrest put in his name on the scoresheet when he slammed Jeremie Frimpong's cutback into the net. 

And the sixth and final goal came in the seventy-second minute when Elyounoussi nudged his second over the line after Boli Bolingoli had fired across goal. 

The men from Dingwall were left devastated as champions Celtic returned to winning ways in the Scottish Premiership.