• Dr Nisha Jindal

In an increasingly impatient world the roadmap to success can become shortcut with the desire to not be more than others and advantage over others interests is the flashpoint for many to compromise their integrity. With the rising trend of exam malpractice in public external examinations, the call for a halt to cheating in public examinations has never been louder. Consequently, the government on its part has enacted the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 to curb these illegal practices and safeguard the examination systems in the state from being compromised. In this study, this legislation is addressed as not only a means of preventing cheating, but also as a sounder ethical foundation demonstrating the application of university policy to the student, the educator, and the education system in its entirety.

Cheating, Public Examinations, Academic Integrity, Unfair Means, Legislation, Education System.

"Upholding Examination Integrity: The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 3, page no.j643-j645, March-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2503981.pdf

"Upholding Examination Integrity: The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 3, page no. ppj643-j645, March-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2503981.pdf