Stun: This country has shut down the entire Internet system to combat fraud

Not only the Internet, but also the mobile network during this period cannot be used. The entire national information system will freeze.

You are a contestant about to attend the upcoming national high school exam, you must understand how big the pressure is.

But during this period, many students in other countries also started their exams. Everywhere, exams must always improve honesty. But in Algeria , the government has recently made the most stringent rule in the world: turning off the entire Internet of the whole country during the exam to combat fraud.

To ensure safety for the examination, the Algerian government decided to disconnect the Internet during the examination period.

Well, you don't look wrong. The entire Internet system of everyone, even the mobile network. And more specifically, the exam will take 6 days.

Of course, the government will not disconnect from the Internet during the entire exam, but only during the competition. From the beginning of the session to the end of time, no one in Algeria can access the Internet, whether it is to watch videos or read news.

This strict regulation is in fact also because this is a country with many problems with exam fraud. As of 2016, about 300,000 candidates had to retake the exam because the exam was exposed on social networks 1 week earlier.

Examination fraud is a problem in Algeria

In 2017, the Algerian government has restricted access to social networks throughout the system during the exam, but it was also ineffective. So in this year's exam, they decided to be stronger. Even mobile networks will be blocked during this time.

Education Minister Nouria Benghabrit said the government is also uncomfortable with the decision, but "this is necessary, we should not be touched by the risk of leakage of the exam" - Benghabrit quoted the BBC.

According to the official announcement, every day during the exam there will be 3 hours the entire population cannot access the network. Although it is unclear how they will deal if the exam is spread through other roads, it can be said that the Algerian government's most drastic move to prevent candidates from using the device technology to cheat.

More than 2000 exam sites are also equipped with telephone interference, surveillance cameras, metal detectors .

"Security for the exam is important. In order to ensure fairness in the exam, we decided to implement many tough measures, including Internet cutting" - Benghabrit shared.

It is known that high school exams are very important in Algeria, when the results will determine the jobs of most candidates. So it can be said that the exam pressure is huge.

However, many people (not contestants) are also not happy."I don't understand why it is so stressful," said Lyès Rekkeb, a web designer.

"For people in the industry like me, this is a very unpleasant event. It will take me half a day of work. Why not simply cut down the phone network? There are many other solutions."

It is unclear whether this Algerian policy works, but please wait and see.