China education: ‘professional test taker’ declined Peking University twice to resit entrance exam for more prize money investigated


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Education authorities in China are investigating a student who has sat the country’s tough university entrance exam, known as the gaokao , three times at different schools and received large payments for achieving high marks. The student, surnamed Quan, has twice been admitted to the prestigious Peking University (PKU) and was reportedly paid two million yuan (US$300,000) in total. Secondary schools often offer financial incentives to students taking the infamously difficult exam, if they gain admission to universities like PKU or Tsinghua University, China’s top two educational institutions. After the story broke and generated heated public discussion the local education...