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Fraudster Skandal rocks Hong Kong's oldest public secondary school, Queen's College – Young Post

Fraudster Skandal rocks Hong Kong's oldest public secondary school, Queen's College – Young Post

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Several students of an elite secondary school in Hong Kong were caught in a standardized Chinese history test, whereby the institution swears to punish those who violated the rules.

The Queen's College in Causeway Bay, the city's oldest government school, said in a circular published on Tuesday that it would not hold the test again. The students in the same class as the perpetrators do not have the results included in their second term.

According to the interior school, which was also widespread online by South China Morning Post, the headmaster Eric Chan Cheung-Wai told the parents that “several” students in the Chinese history test were cheated at the end of the last month.

“The school combines great importance and immediately initiated an investigation and met the students and supervisors involved in order to understand the details of the incident,” he wrote.

“After the investigation, it was confirmed that several students in a class were involved in different extent during the test during the test.

“The school will punish students who violate the rules in accordance with the school regulations.”

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The Queen's College, founded in 1862, was the first state school founded in Hong Kong. The city currently houses 29 state secondary schools.

A spokeswoman for the educational office said it was very concerned about the incident and the school was seriously pursuing him. The school would strengthen positive values ​​and behavior among the students, added it.

“The educational office has reminded the school to ensure that all tests and exams should be carried out fairly and impartially and to maintain good communication with parents and students,” she said.

The headmaster said that the school would not stop the test again, since there was only one month left before examining the end of the year.

“The school believes that the students have to spend a lot of time to prepare for the exam. In order to avoid that the students exert excessive pressure, no repetition is planned for the entire class,” he said.

Chan added that the class in which the students were found did not have any test results when calculating the second term, and only their examination results would be counted. Other classes would not be influenced by this arrangement.

“I hope parents will understand the school's decision,” said the headmaster in the circular.

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