Krakow prosecutor confirms corruption in medical school entrance exams

The public prosecutor in Krakow has confirmed that students in Lodz, Bialystok and Lublin were last year able to buy medical school entrance exam papers in advance of the examination. Students are reported to have paid up to zl.15,000 for the papers. The case was brought to the attention of the Krakow prosecutor after the Health Ministry informed the Justice Ministry that it had suspicions that cheating had taken place. In July last year, the public prosecutor in Krakow began investigating four localities where medical school candidates had obtained exceptionally high marks. However, the source of the leak remains unknown, and as yet no formal charges have been brought. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) P.J.