Inflating Grade 12 marks by some private schools, for a fee

Horace posted a Macleans magazine report abt some Canadian private schools that inflated students' marks so they could inflate their Grade 12 average before applying for admission into universities.

Macleans: “... She got a 40 per cent class mark in my course and a 90 per cent course mark from Century. She failed the provincial exam, but after her exam marks were blended with her mark from Century she received an overall 70 per cent in the course. She ended up in a prestigious science program at UBC."

Here are my comments:

The last sentence sums it up: “She ended up in a prestigious science program at UBC.” But: Did she flunk out after 1st year?

While some private schools are reportedly abusing the system, post-secondary education institutions too could find themselves in a potential conflict-of-interest situation. Many Canadian universities and colleges want to attract international students to boast shrinking local enrolments. So, it might be tempting to take the path of least resistance by not taking on the arduous tasks of investigating the admission marks. Perhaps, once the students are enrolled, then the universities’ own exam systems would be able to weed out those with inflated marks, theoretically.

References:
* "If you need better marks, some private schools are happy to oblige—for a fee" by Sandy Farran, Macleans, November 6th, 2009
* "Can high school grades be trusted?" Hevangel/Horace, http://www.horace.org/blog/2009/11/06/can-high-school-grades-be-trusted/comment-page-1/#comment-72293