Universities assure minister they are dealing with cheating

New Zealand universities have moved to reassure Education Minister Chris Hipkins they have stringent systems to stop students cheating on assignments, despite an African ghostwriter blowing the whistle on alleged “contract cheating” at major New Zealand institutions, writes Kurt Bayer for the NZ Herald.

The academic, known only as ‘The Kenyan’, claims to have written hundreds of papers for Kiwi students while allegedly working for eastern China-based academic “essay writing service” Assignment Joy, the Weekend Herald reported on Saturday 29 October. The anonymous whistleblower alleges that some New Zealand students have graduated with degrees without ever writing a single assignment.

Urgent talks are ongoing with the government to follow Australia’s move and outlaw cheating websites and block them from local access. Now, Hipkins has spoken to the Herald and said he’s confident that New Zealand universities are doing enough to combat contract cheating.
Full report on the NZ Herald site