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Not sure if relevant, but when I was in 10th Grade, the teachers helped all of us in the exams. They didn't want to tarnish the image of the school by having a low-pass result.

Yes, India.

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This can happen anywhere. I remember my old high school math teacher helping the star math pupil get a higher score on the AIME[1] and then again on the IMO[2]. The student was suspected of cheating and, thankfully, given a second chance to take the exam again (don't remember which one) without the teacher present.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Invitational_Mathemati... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mathematical_Olym...

How does one cheat in IMO? Is your high school teacher your country's IMO team leader?

Maybe it was a qualifying test? I don't know, it was held in the school.

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