London, Oct 31: Nearly half of students at Cambridge University cheat, reveals a new survey.

The survey has shown that 49 per cent of undergraduates claimed other people''s work as their own while studying at the world famous institution.

The anonymous online poll of more than 1,000 students found those studying law were the worst offenders with 62 per cent of them breaking the university plagiarism rules, according to student newspaper Varsity.

The university is now planning to introduce special plagiarism detection software to tackle the problem.

Rome - Schools in Italy remained closed Thursday as teachers went on strike over controversial education reforms adopted by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Thousands of students, parents and teachers joined protest marches organized by the country's major labour unions in several cities.

Leaders of the centre-left opposition which is supporting the strike also joined the protest marches.

Around mid-morning, a crowd began moving from Rome's Piazza Repubblica square towards the central Piazza del Popolo square where the protest was set to culminate with speeches by leaders of the main CGIL, CISL and UIl unions.

Earlier it was Former President APJ Abdul Kalam and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. Now Bollywood stars and filmmakers will come down to teach management students at Ahmedabad.

Sydney - Identical triplets scored identical grades in their final year at an Australian high school and were each awarded prizes for top achievement.

"It's nice coming out equal because we always get asked who's the smartest," Kate Stevenson, flanked by sisters Amy and Lisa, said Friday.

"It was something we all were hoping for when the prizes came out and we got three each," she told Australia's AAP news agency.

Never before in the 50-year history of Brisbane's Wavell State High School had the award for the top student in the graduating class been split.

Washington, Oct 16 : A new study from University of Illinois has found that high school students with good social skills are likely to earn more than their counterparts with similar test scores but fewer social skills.

The researchers found that social skills as conscientiousness, cooperativeness, and motivation were as important as test scores for success in the workplace.

"It''s important to note that good schools do more than teach reading, writing, and math,” said Christy Lleras, a University of Illinois assistant professor of human and community development.

“They socialize students and provide the kinds of learning opportunities that help them to become good citizens and to be successful in the labour market.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday instructed all Central educational institutions (CEIs) to fill the vacant seats in Other Backward Classes category from among the general category candidates by October 31. This comes as a blessing in disguise to the general category students, who had missed admission to premier institutes like IIM by a whisker, as they will get another opportunity to secure a seat in there dream institution.