Hong Kong student working part-time at tutorial centre arrested for allegedly exaggerating her exam grades
- HKU student, 21, held on suspicion of violating Trade Descriptions Ordinance, following earlier arrest of married couple running tutorial centre
- She is accused of embellishing her academic achievements in promotional material for the Supreme Learning Centre, the Kowloon facility where she works
A student from a top university in Hong Kong has been arrested for exaggerating her academic achievements in promotional material for a popular tutorial centre where she worked.
The 21-year-old from the University of Hong Kong was detained by customs officers on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into Kowloon City’s Supreme Learning Centre, where the final-year student tutored primary school pupils part-time.
A source from the Customs and Excise Department said promotional leaflets referred to the student scoring the top grade of 5** for mathematics in the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), the city’s university entrance exam, when her actual result was level 5.
Students are graded on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5* and 5** being the highest awards in most DSE subjects.
The tutor, who taught primary school pupils Chinese, English and maths, denied making a false claim and said she did not notify the school of her exam results, the source added. She was later released on bail, pending further investigation.