Shanti (far left), who has been suspended from her duties for a year now, admitted to three corruption charges; five others were taken into consideration. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
A TEACHER on Monday pleaded guilty to altering the examination scripts of three of her pupils to improve their answers.
Shanti Krishnasamy, 40, who was invigilating the Tamil-language exam in Canberra Primary School in 2007, was caught because she neglected to fake a child's handwriting when she fixed the spelling errors or corrected the answers to the multiple-choice questions.
The exam in question was the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).
Shanti, who has been suspended from her duties for a year now, admitted to three corruption charges; five others were taken into consideration.
The district court heard that she did not stand to be paid for what she did. She claimed to have been pressured by the school to deliver good results for its Tamil pupils. If her pupils bagged good grades, it would also have reflected well on her ability as a teacher.
Disciplinary action will be taken against her, the Education ministry said.
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
