加拿大多伦多新飞扬留学
每年夏天多伦多本地媒体都会报道一些在外人看来很惊诧，但是在业内人士看来不是秘密的新闻。去年是Global News报道滑铁卢大学录取过程中有黑白名单去评定申请人来源高中的教学质量。
今年7月29日，本地媒体CityNews报道了一些私校成绩造假的问题。业内其实都知道在安省南部这种做中国留学生生意的私校里哪些是或明或暗的卖分学校。这些学校抹黑了私校群体，搞乱了市场，学生抱着虚假成绩换来的大学录取通知书，大一一年从云端跌回地面。CityNews的新闻报道只是揭开了冰山一角，实际上东到京士顿，西到伦敦，南到瀑布区美加边境，以留学生为主的学校超过100所，但是在成绩上至少有所把控的不到10所。
今天分享CityNews报道的英文全文（附中文翻译）。下一期会有独家评论。
Falsifying report cards, inflating marks and faking attendance records. It’s happening at a handful of high schools in the GTA and could be impacting which students get into Canadian colleges and universities.
伪造成绩报告，虚高的成绩以及作假的出勤记录。这些在大多伦多地区的部分高中出现的现象，影响了学生进入加拿大的高等教育学校。
“It’s just so wrong. The Ministry isn’t doing enough. It’s been going on for years”, said Alice Boyle, a recently retired public school teacher in York Region who brought her concerns to CityNews.
“这是错误的。教育部分根本没有做应该做的事情，这种情况已经持续多年。”Alice Boyle是最近从约克区公校退休的教师，她对CityNews表达了自己的担心。
The educator of 34 years, who most recently taught ESL, said she has witnessed a troubling trend – students struggling in public high school courses who drop out in order to pay for higher grades at some GTA private schools.
作为从事了34年教育工作，最近从事ESL教学工作的老师，她说她看到令人担心的趋势——一些公校学生在学校不上课，转而在一些大多伦多地区的私校买到更高的成绩。
“There’s a credit mill around here, you just walk over, plunk down your $600-$800 and sometimes, depending the school, they may ask you what mark you need for what course and you don’t have to go to a class.”
“这些学校是学分工厂。你只需要走进去，掏出600-800加元。有的学校会问你你要什么样的科目什么样的成绩，你不需要去上课。”
Boyle’s concerns prompted CityNews to look at how hundreds of private and independent secondary schools in the province are governed.
Boyle的担心使得CityNews观察数以百计的私校怎样在省政府的监管下运行。
Private schools operate independent of the Ministry of Education, but they still must pass provincial inspection before being given the green light to offer official Ontario Secondary School Diploma credits.
私校运营独立于安省教育部，但是它们仍然需要通过省政府的检查才能给学生上课和颁发安省高中毕业证书。
According to the Ministry’s website, more than 20 private secondary schools have had their credit-granting status revoked since 2013. Fifteen of those schools are located in the GTA.
根据安省教育部的网站，从2013年至今，超过20所私立高中被取消了办学资格，其中有15所位于大多伦多地区。
Of those 15 schools, 9 of them were located on a stretch of Yonge Street between North York and York Region. Many of those schools are in plazas and largely corporate buildings.
在这15所学校里，9所位于北约克和约克区的Yonge街沿线。许多这种学校在商业广场和写字楼里。
Documents obtained by CityNews through a Freedom of Information Request show several examples of why some of these schools had their status revoked.
CityNews根据信息索取自由获得的文件显示了为什么这些学校被取消办学资格的例子。
In 2013, Canadian Nobel Academy was accused of letting “students buy credits,” “falsifying student attendance,” and having a “routine practice of mark inflation.” In 2017, the school’s status was revoked again after a Grade 12 biology student received a report card and a mark of 84% immediately upon enrollment.
2013年，加拿大诺贝尔高中被控使“学生购买学分”，“伪造学生出勤”，以及“系统性夸大学生成绩”。2017年，这个学校因为一个学生刚刚入学就拿到了12年级生物课成绩84分而被再次取消办学资格。
In 2015, Alpha Star High School in Richmond Hill was accused of providing students only half of the 110 instruction hours required to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma credit.
2015年，位于Richmond Hill的阿尔法星高中被控违反一个安省高中课程学分需要至少有110个小时的课时数，而该校只有一半的上课时间。
Boyle said the closure of the schools often doesn’t stop the cycle of purchased grades. “These private schools sometimes open up and get closed down by the Ministry and then they re-open months later under a different name.”
Boyle说关闭这些学校不能阻止卖分现象的出现。“这些学校有时候开门营业，被教育部取缔后几个月，能够换个名字再次开门。”
The Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue address where Canadian Nobel Academy was located has now been replaced by another school named “Toronto Nobel Academy.”
加拿大诺贝尔高中所在的Yonge街和Steeles街原址上现在已经是另一家学校叫做多伦多诺贝尔高中。
According to the new school’s website, Toronto Nobel is being run by the same principal who inspectors say issued fake report cards on more than one occasion in the past.
根据这所新学校的官网，多伦多诺贝尔的校长与之前被控多次成绩单造假的学校校长是同一个人。
The principal refused to answer any questions about his record or his schools when CityNews visited the property. He did not respond to emails from CityNews requesting comment.
当CityNews造访该校的时候，这个校长拒绝回答任何有关他的记录和学校的问题。他也没有回答任何CityNews要求评论的电子邮件。
One of the more brazen examples of grade-purchasing involved North Toronto Private High School in Thornhill in 2018.
另一个更明目张胆的卖分例子是2018年发生在Thornhill的北多伦多私立高中。
Ministry documents show the school confessed to giving 98% to a student who they admit did not attend any classes. That grade was submitted to the Ontario University Application Centre, but was withdrawn once the school failed inspection.
教育部文件显示该校承认给一个从未到课堂的学生98分。这个成绩被上传至安省大学申请中心，但是在该校未能通过检查之后被取消了。
Boyle said it’s an example of how a deserving students can be impacted by fake, inflated marks. “You also qualify for entrance scholarships then. So if you get 95%+, you can get $4,000 a year in scholarships from the school very unfairly.”
Boyle说这就是一个学生被假成绩影响的例子，虚高的成绩。“你还可以有资格获得入学奖学金。如果你的成绩超过95分，你就可以获得一年4000加元的奖学金。这非常不公平。”
CityNews requested an interview with Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce. His office sent a statement instead, saying in part, “The Ministry does not regulate, licence, accredit or otherwise oversee the operation of private schools…As such, we strongly encourage parents/guardians and students to actively conduct research before registering.”
CityNews要求采访安省教育部长Stephen Lecce。他的办公室以声明的形式回答采访要求。声明包括“省教育部不管理、许可、鉴定或者其他形式的监督私校的日常运营……因此，我强烈建议父母/监护人和学生在注册学校之前做好有效的研究。”
The Ministry said private schools are inspected at least once every two years by six full-time inspectors and an undisclosed number of part-time inspection staff.
省教育部说私校至少每两年由六名全职检查员和数目不详的兼职检察员检查。
原始英文新闻网址：https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/07/29/gta-secondary-schools-faking-grades-in-exchange-for-cash/
