A private college in the Indian state of Karnataka has sparked controversy after photos of its students wearing cardboard boxes during a chemistry exam went viral on social media.

印度卡纳塔克邦一所私立大学的学生在化学考试中戴着纸板箱的照片，在社交媒体上疯传，引发了热议。

Different version of the story started circulating online, including one that claimed the college only turned to cardboard boxes after having repeatedly caught students cheating, despite multiple warnings.

网上开始流传这个故事的不同版本，其中一个版本称，尽管学校已多次警告，还是屡次发现学生作弊，因此不得已才开始使用纸板箱。

“This is totally unacceptable. Nobody has any right to treat anybody more so students like animals. This perversion will be dealt with aptly,” state Education Minister, S Suresh Kumar, declared.

“这完全不可接受。没人有权对待学生如同对待动物一样。我们会尽快处理这种不合适的行为。”国家教育部长苏雷什·库马尔(Suresh Kumar)宣布。

“We have clearly told the management to give a written explanation and if this kind of incident is repeated in the future, the department will cancel the license of the school,” Deputy Director of Public Instruction Department, SS Piraje, said. 

公共教学部的副主任皮拉杰（Piraje）说:“我们已经明确要求管理部门给出书面解释，如果将来再次发生此类事件，本部门将吊销该学校的执照。”

In their defense, Bhagat Pre-University College officials admitted to having made the students wear cardboard boxes on their heads, but added that the students had given their consent and had even brought their own boxes.

巴加特大学预科学院的官员辩称，他们承认曾让学生在头上戴纸箱，但又补充说，学生们同意这种行为，甚至自己带了纸箱。

“They said they were comfortable with the trial, the college did not harass any student, it was optional and some students experimented, some did not,” principal MB Satish told reporters. “Our measures are for the betterment of students. We don’t want students to get diverted at the time of taking examinations. The measures were taken as an experiment, and we received both positive and negative feedback.”

校长巴姆·萨蒂什（MB Satish）告诉记者:“他们（学生）说对这个试验很满意，学校没有骚扰任何学生，这种举措并非强制性的，一些学生尝试了，一些没有。我们的举措是希望学生变得更好。我们不希望学生在考试时分心。这只是一次实验，我们收到的反馈有积极也有消极的。”

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