Why the repeated prohibition of "Pheasant University" always finds "customers"
It's the college admissions season again.
At this time of the year, the education authorities and the media will publish the list of domestic "Pheasant Universities" and the list of foreign regular universities in various ways, reminding candidates and parents not to be deceived, and take strict measures against the domestically exposed "Pheasant University" Blow.
But every year, there are many "customers" who become "Pheasant University". Some students only realize after a few years that the "university" that they have spent several years of youth and huge capital investment turns out to be a "pheasant university." .
Taking foreign countries as an example, the "Pheasant University" in some countries is tailor-made for Chinese students. They are optimistic about China's large group of high school graduates. Through illegal intermediaries, they will focus on candidates with low test scores and financially strong families.
Some parents of candidates are easily deceived due to lack of distinguishing ability.
Some parents of candidates also sent their children abroad because they knew that they might be deceived because they were not short of money.
On the surface, these students are "studying abroad", but in fact they have become leeks harvested by foreign education factories.
Taking China as an example again, judging from the “names” of the 392 “Pheasant Universities” exposed by the media in the previous paragraph, the common feature of these “Pheasant Universities” is that they counterfeit the names of regular universities. Some “Pheasant Universities” have been exposed much. Times, but every time I changed the name of the school to continue to exist and continue to lure candidates.
During the "enrollment", these "Pheasant Universities" grasped the mentality of some low-scoring candidates' parents wishing their children to read books, and based on the family's financial situation, locked in "client" resources, and used various false promises to trick candidates and their parents.
On the one hand, the "Pheasant University" is heavily rectified, and on the other hand, the "Pheasant University" can always find "customers". What is the problem?
The author believes that it is mainly due to the following three reasons.
One is that some parents ignorantly believe that "money can solve everything."
Most of the "customers" who were successfully deceived by "Pheasant University" were fooled by criminals who "handed in their wallets" and believed that as long as the money was in place, they could carry out internal operations.
For example: paying money can use hackers to change points, paying money to increase internal points, paying money to attend key universities... Parents’ ignorance makes it easy for the scammers of "Pheasant University" to develop "customers".
The second is that some parents lack understanding of higher education.
Whether at home or abroad, regular universities have barriers to admit new students.
Taking studying abroad as an example, most of the formal foreign colleges and universities have various requirements such as written interview scores, foreign language proficiency, and social services when enrolling international students.
Most of the schools that do not have an admission threshold and can be admitted with money are informal, but some parents have very little knowledge of this basic common sense.
Third, the school lacks relevant guidance for students and parents.
Before the college entrance examination, the key task of the school is to review and welcome the entrance examination; after the college entrance examination scores are announced, the schools mostly focus their attention on the candidates with high scores, and on the voluntary reporting of candidates whose scores reach the admission threshold.
However, there is a lack of corresponding guidance on how to prevent students from being deceived when applying for application and admission.
Some parents with low education level are easily deceived due to reasons such as ignorance and blocking of information.
The remediation of "Pheasant University" is going on every year, but "Pheasant University" has changed its name and continued to exist in a different place.
One of the main reasons why "Pheasant University" has not been completely eliminated is the ability to find "customers."
Therefore, the governance of "Pheasant University" should be two-pronged, not only to crack down on the organizers, but also to strengthen the guidance of candidates and parents, using online and offline methods to improve their ability to identify true and false colleges.
When "Pheasant University" couldn't find "customers", it disappeared naturally.
(The author is an educator)
Wu Weixuan Source: China Youth Daily