Cheating in exams has become a serious issue nowadays. The reasons behind this phenomenon are many. Firstly, students desire to get good grades due to pressure from parents, peers, and teachers. In other words, if students get bad grades, their parents will tell them off and their peers will laugh at them. secondly, students who lack basic study skills resort to cheating. These include critical and creative thinking as well as time management and test preparation. Thirdly, peer influence is another factor many students cheat. That is to say, cheaters tend to think everyone cheats as liars tend to think everyone lies. Fourthly, some students are lazy and look for ways to get better results with little effort. To put it differently, some students spend time playing and relaxing instead of studying hard, reviewing lessons, and doing exercises, and resort to cheating the day of the exam. Lastly, academic overload is also a reason why students cheat. I mean too much homework and too many lessons and not enough time may drive students to cheat. Therefore, parents, education practitioners and policy makers should work together to fight this phenomenon.
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