Surveillance cameras could start monitoring test-taking students in Britain as early as this summer in an effort to deter cheating, the head of a British exam supervisors' body said Friday.

The closed-circuit television cameras are needed to help prevent students from using gadgets such as cell phones to cheat on nationally administered tests, said Andrew Harland, the head of Britain's Exam Officers' Association.

Students may also think twice about cheating when a test supervisor's back is turned if they knew a camera was recording them, he said.

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