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You have to be alone!
An ACCA student who was sitting his exam remotely has been removed from the student register after being found guilty of having another person with him when they took their test.
The remote invigilator filed an incident report against Inshaullah Khan, who was sitting the BT exam. They believed a person was in the room before and during the exam. Another person’s voice was heard, they were visible in the room and a black object, possibly a mobile phone, could also be seen at one side of the screen.
Khan stated that the person that entered the room on the day of his examination was in fact his roommate and cousin, who was
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Khan explained he tried to alert his cousin to the fact that he was taking an examination and that he should leave the room. Khan said he did this using hand gestures as he could not alert his cousin verbally. However, his cousin did not understand the meaning of his hand gestures and so entered and left the room several times, including during the exam as well as before it started.
Khan was found guilty of misconduct removed from the student register and ordered to pay £100 towards ACCA’s costs.