Students have been known for centuries to find inventive ways to get out of sitting an examination. Usuatly it's along the lines of "my gran just died" - though be careful how many times you use this, it's easy to run out of grandmothers. Last month at least 100 students at the College of Health & Technology at Ijero-Ekiti in Nigeria were excused their exam for a rather more extensive reason: while they were settling down to work in the exam room, it was filled with poisonous gas and many had to be rushed to hospital for treatment. Those of them who are asthmatic were particularly badly affected.
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