<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Images of students wearing so-called "anti-cheating hats" during college exams have gone viral on social media in the Philippines, sparking amusement.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Students at one college in Legazpi City were asked to wear headgear that would prevent them peeking at others' papers.</div><div><br></div><div>Many responded by creating homemade contraptions out of cardboard, egg boxes and other recycled materials.</div><div><br></div><div>Their tutor told the BBC she had been looking for a "fun way" to ensure "integrity and honesty" in her classes.</div><div><br></div><div>Mary Joy Mandane-Ortiz, a professor of mechanical engineering at Bicol University College of Engineering, said the idea had been "really effective".</div><div><br></div><div>It was implemented for recent mid-term exams, which were sat by hundreds of students at the college in the third week of October.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Mandane-Ortiz said her initial request had been for students to make a "simple" design out of paper.</div><div><br></div><div>She was inspired by a technique reportedly used in Thailand some years previously.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2013, an image went viral appearing to show a room of university students in Bangkok taking test papers while wearing "ear flaps" - sheets of paper stuck to either side of their head to obscure their vision.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Mandane-Ortiz said her engineers-in-training took the idea and ran with it - in some cases innovating complex headgear in "just five minutes" with any junk they found lying around.</div><div><br></div><div>Others donned hats, helmets or Halloween masks to fulfil the brief.</div><div><br></div><div>A string of the professor's Facebook posts - showing the youngsters wearing their elaborate creations - garnered thousands of likes in a matter of days, and attracted coverage from Filipino media outlets.</div><div><br></div><div>They also reportedly inspired schools and universities in other parts of the country to encourage their own students to put together anti-cheating headwear.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Mandane-Ortiz said her tutees performed better this year, having been motivated by the strict examination conditions to study extra hard.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of them finished their tests early, she added - and nobody was caught cheating this year. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>