Gossip or special channels? The Ministry of Education reminds universities to beware of fraud and trap information during enrollment and admission period | Institutions | Ministry of Education
The enrollment and admission work for ordinary universities in 2023 is about to begin. Some illegal elements, driven by economic interests, take advantage of the urgent psychology of candidates and parents, spread false information, sell and create anxiety, and carry out fraud in the process of filling out voluntary applications and enrollment, seriously disrupting the order of examination and enrollment. To this end, the Ministry of Education, in conjunction with relevant departments, and in light of some false fraud cases that have occurred in some places in recent years, solemnly reminds candidates and parents to inquire and consult relevant information through official channels, not to have a mentality of luck, not to trust false information, and to be cautious of being deceived. If encountering fraud incidents, one should promptly report to the public security organs and protect their legitimate rights and interests!
1. look for official authoritative channels, "gossiper" is not credible
[Phenomenon] In recent years, some social institutions and individuals have released information about examinations and recruitment through online platforms. There are problems such as inaccurate policy interpretation and untrue information. Some even pass fake or counterfeit the official websites of universities and admissions and examination institutions., Public accounts fabricate and spread false information, confuse candidates and parents, implement fraud, and seriously disrupt the order of examination enrollment.
[Reminder] The Ministry of Education, together with relevant departments, has deeply implemented the 2023 college entrance examination escort action, carried out the special action of "lighting up the official website logo of authoritative examination and enrollment institutions", and coordinated relevant Internet platforms to carry out authoritative logo on the official website, WeChat official account, etc. of provincial recruitment and examination institutions and universities, so as to facilitate the identification of the majority of examinees and parents, and access to formal enrollment policies and service information. In addition, the list of national higher education institutions with enrollment qualifications is published on the official website of the Ministry of Education every year. Candidates and parents can check and verify through the "National List of Higher Education Institutions" under the "Literature" section of the official website of the Ministry of Education. We would like to remind candidates and parents to pay attention to the "official website" logo when searching for college enrollment information online, and to be cautious of counterfeit accounts or website scams.
2. guard against the trap of "sky-high voluntary counseling" and apply rationally without superstition.
[Phenomenon] In recent years, every time the results of the college entrance examination are released, some social training institutions and individuals "net red" attract traffic through such statements as "don't waste one point, don't waste the future" and "let every point play its value", exaggerate the role of voluntary reporting and create anxiety about selling voluntary reporting. Then, the package creates "experts" and "famous teachers", falsely fabricates "internal information" and "internal data", and declares "big data voluntary counseling" and "one-on-one consultation" to induce examinees and parents to purchase high-priced and sky-high voluntary reporting consulting services.
[Reminder] The relevant departments have never issued professional qualification certificates such as "College Entrance Examination Volunteer Planner". Some social organizations often recruit temporary social personnel such as "Volunteer Planners" and "Expert Masters" to provide guidance to candidates and parents according to the "dialogue" provided by the organization. Before filling out the college entrance examination preferences every year, each provincial enrollment and examination institution will release the statistics of the college entrance examination results for the current year, the admission situation of various universities in recent years, and the reference materials for filling out preferences. Universities will also introduce the school's enrollment regulations, enrollment methods, and previous admission reference information, and there is no such thing as "internal information" or "internal data". Meanwhile, during the voluntary application period, various regions have established a public service system for voluntary application consultation, including enrollment and examination institutions, universities, middle schools, etc., providing voluntary application consultation services through multiple channels and methods. Candidates can inquire about the reference information they need through the local provincial recruitment and examination institutions and the official website of each university, the official WeChat official account or the compiled and distributed information about volunteer filling, and can also learn about the relevant policies and information by calling the consultation telephone or online consultation opened by the local recruitment and examination institutions, universities and middle schools.
Candidates and parents should not be superstitious about so-called high or exorbitant volunteer application consultation services. They should combine their own situation, comprehensively consider various factors such as personal aspirations, interests, strengths, career planning, etc., focus on national and social needs, make scientific choices, and fill out applications independently.
3. understand college admissions policy, "special channels" do not exist
[phenomenon] during the enrollment period of colleges and universities, some lawbreakers often take advantage of their parents' mentality of expecting their children to become dragons, claiming to "know so-and-so leaders" and "know so-and-so recruitment office". Even by forging documents, engraving seals privately, setting up registration offices and consultation telephone numbers, and counterfeiting college admissions staff, they falsely claim that they can "go through the back door" and "engage in special", fraud is carried out through statements such as "internal indicators", "mobile plans", "out-of-plan recruitment" and "down-scoring.
In 2021, the public security department of Rizhao, Shandong, successfully cracked a fraud case of college entrance examination admission, and arrested suspect Zhao and Liu. After investigation, suspect Zhao and Liu claimed through WeChat friends circle and other channels that they could help examinees to go through college admission procedures in the form of special recruitment, from which they defrauded parents and examinees of high fees. Suspect Zhao and Liu have been examined according to law, and the money of 240000 yuan defrauded has been recovered.
【 Reminder 】 The Ministry of Education's "Thirty Prohibitions" on enrollment work clearly requires that "universities are not allowed to expand their enrollment scale or adjust their enrollment plans without authorization", "enrollment is not allowed without plans or without breaking the planned scale or adjusting plans in violation of plan management requirements", "provincial recruitment offices are not allowed to violate the procedures for enrollment work or lower standards outside of policies to release candidate files to relevant universities", and "candidates are not allowed to be admitted or rejected in violation of the prescribed enrollment procedures by lowering standards". We would like to remind candidates and parents that college admissions strictly follow the enrollment policies and regulations, as well as the school's enrollment regulations, to implement computer-based remote online admissions, with strict workflow and supervision mechanisms. The enrollment plan of universities is uniformly announced to the society by provincial-level enrollment and examination institutions, and there is no so-called "internal indicator". Universities will publicly solicit voluntary admissions for unfinished enrollment plans in their provinces, and there is no such thing as an internal reduction in scores for "supplementary enrollment" or "supplementary enrollment". Regular enrollment does not incur any additional fees, and anyone who needs to charge a deposit, admission fee, or quota fee cannot be trusted.
4. recognize the difference between different education, keep your eyes open and look carefully.
[phenomenon] in recent years, some lawbreakers have taken advantage of the psychology of candidates and parents eager to go to university to deliberately confuse the difference between ordinary higher education and other forms of education. deceive candidates and their parents with admission notices such as self-examination classes, online education classes, and international cooperation in running schools. Under the guise of regular higher education, some educational institutions actually recruit students from other forms of education.
【 Reminder 】 Ordinary higher education students must be admitted through the college entrance examination. The above-mentioned "admission notice" is not an admission notice for ordinary higher education, and electronic registration of new students in ordinary higher education cannot be carried out after enrollment, let alone obtaining academic certificates from ordinary higher education institutions. Candidates and parents should keep their eyes open, carefully distinguish between regular higher education and other forms of education, and choose the appropriate way of learning and further education for themselves.
5. do a good job in personal information protection, beware of voluntary tampering
[phenomenon] candidates college entrance examination volunteer is an important basis for college admission. Malicious tampering will lead to candidates can not be the ideal college admission. In July 2021, Zhou, a college entrance examination candidate in Hengshui City, Hebei Province, and his family reported to the police station that they found that their college entrance examination volunteers had been tampered with and changed into colleges with much lower college entrance examination scores. After filing a case for investigation, combined with the login log obtained from the Hebei Provincial Education Examination Institute, it was determined that his classmate Wu was a major suspect. After interrogation, Wu said that he felt that Zhou had affected his study at ordinary times, and that he did so to punish Zhou. Wu tampering with others college entrance examination volunteer behavior, subject to legal sanctions.
Lawyers and experts remind that tampering with college entrance examination preferences is essentially a violation of the right of candidates to education. From the perspective of judicial practice, the act of tampering with college entrance examination preferences may involve the crimes of damaging computer information systems, infringing on citizens' freedom of communication, and infringing on citizens' personal information. Don't think that the ignorant are fearless, and don't think that if an incident occurs, you can still use excuses such as pranks to avoid it. Violators will eventually be punished by the law. The Ministry of Education also reminded the vast number of examinees to enhance their awareness of prevention, properly keep their personal information, such as ID number number and examinee number, and login information, such as volunteer filling system password, not to disclose to others, so as to prevent volunteers from being tampered with by others.
