Pearson Vue — pearson vue the master in bribery and lobbying

Pearson vue is an agency which very famous for its double standards and multiple goo[censored]p in exam administrations.

Not only the security sleuths but also the account signing team follow corrupt malpractices

Earlier pearson vue has shown excellent failure capabilities in australia medical council, immigration exams fraud in gmat and pte academic. Recently they goofed up twice in lsat india dates. All proof is available on internet just search for this exams and you will be overwhelmed the candidates complaints and employees unethical practices in persons security audit teams.

Latest cases of bribery and unethical account sign up involved of multi million dollar agreements pearson have won by rigging contract terms their favour along with passing kick back to key client people to vote in pearson vue favour.

Following are accounts were international media has report cases of bribery

Aws contract - pearson got dual delivery contract by paying 300k as kick back to decision makers.
Uk driver test - pearson got account extended paying 700k euro bribe.
Australia medical council - pearson paid an undisclosed amount to settle candidate and internal issue with amc.
Huawei - mr. Charles zao paid 250k in lobbying charges to a firm in hongkong.
Cma srilanka - pearson paid 50k us dollar to mr. Laksham wattawala for multi year contract

This is all reports for global media pearson has to answer to. Its shareholders of the malpractices through which they are running this business creating monopoly.

The multinational education-testing company behind a bungled exam that left 1200 trainee doctors distraught and in limbo on monday has a well-documented history of stuff-ups.
Fairfax media can also reveal registrars warned the royal australian college of physicians their exam could be compromised months before they sat the botched text.
Pearson - which was involved in marking the paper-based naplan tests - has been heavily criticised over its poor track record in the us.
A washington post article published in 2016 cited a total of 65 examples of stuff-ups, from test-score delivery delays to programming and printing errors, misgradings and security issues.

The company was also taken to task in 2015 by john oliver in a segment on his satirical news program last week tonight that tore down the state of standardised testing in the us.

Monday's racp basic training test, the culmination of 12 months to two years of intensive study for registrars preparing to specialise in either paediatrics or adult medicine, was cut short following an "unknown technical fault", forcing them to sit through the high-stress ordeal again next month.
It was the first time the exam was computer-based. Registrars and senior physicians are outraged the racp went ahead with the change despite pearson's poor record and a list of concerns raised months ago about the software and proposed examination process.
Concerns raised months ago
A letter obtained by fairfax media shows registrars alerted the racp to numerous concerns about the switch to the computer-based exam, after trialling pearson's software using a sample exam.
In addition to fears the changes would impact trainees' already strained mental health, their concerns included the apparent lack of testing or feedback regarding the use of pearson's software for medical and clinical exams.
"looking online, we have not found any forums with customer feedback regarding the ease o[censored]se of pearson vue for medical/clinical examinations. The fact that we are trialling a new system in such an important examination is of concern," the letter read.
The registrars had also requested reassurance that an appropriate plan would be in place in the event of a computer malfunction.
"candidates would like to be reassured of the process for when a computer error occurs (Eg.
Power failure, or program malfunction etc). How will their results be stored, timing impacted, and
Is there an alternative back-up if the computer system fails?
"plans for this process need to be put in place prior to the examination, so that the process is transparent and that the exam can be standardised across different centres."
There was lack of proper security and professionalism displayed by pearson staff overseeing the test, several candidates told fairfax media.
One registrar said his test started 20 minutes late, and that he was told some exam rooms had little to no supervision. During his break between the two halves of the exam, he said he was waiting in a room with candidates who had completed both halves. All students had their phones with them, he said, until about 30 minutes later when an announcement went out that their phones should be off.
“the integrity of the exam was gone there and then, even leaving aside the fact that this computer malfunction happened and we weren't actually able to finish the exam, ” he said.
When candidates were informed they could “go home” due to the computer error, there was no acknowledgement of their distress, he said.
“the man even said to us when he said we could leave, 'oh, the good news is you'll be early for happy hour'. Which just shows that they didn't understand the magnitude of this exam for the thousands o[censored]ni doctors who were sitting it.”
Pearson australia declined repeated requests for comment and directed all queries relating to monday's exam to the racp.
Senior physician ian kerridge rebuked the college for contracting a company with a track record of failures.

"how on earth did the college commission a group who has been incompetent in the past to handle such a critical exam?"he said.
Professor kerridge said there needed to be a full and independent review into the racp's processes.
He said the college must provide a compassionate response for registrars that took into account the significant impact of the debacle, and consult with those affected about how to progress their training without causing further harm.
Professor kerridge also reiterated his call for the racp's president, ceo, president-elect and chair of the education committee to stand down.
An racp spokesman said:"there were significant checks and balances in place with pearson vue, and testing included delivery in a production environment. We have had trainees participate in sample testing since august 2017.
Racp president catherine yelland told fairfax media she had not been aware of pearson’s poor track record prior to monday’s meltdown, but that “because of the size and the extent of the examination, there are only a limited number of providers” in the area; and “as i understand it, pearson vue was really the only provider that could do this.”
Dr yelland said on tuesday the racp had given pearson 48 hours to report on how the error occurred, and that she and the ceo would meet with the company next week.
“we also understand there are a whole lot of other questions the trainees have around the whole conduct of the examination, "she said."as well as getting a report from the examination centre, we will conduct our own internal review of the whole process. We are setting that up as soon as we can.”
'a rotten stressful time'
With the back-up paper exam set for march 2, health minister brad hazzard has asked all nsw public hospitals to make allowances for the roughly 250 registrars working in the state’s public hospitals affected by the botched exam.
“i sent a clear message to the chief executives to recognise the stress and pressure these young doctors will be under and do what they can to help, ” mr hazzard said.
We need to make sure they are all singing off same song sheet when it comes to ensuring these doctors get the support they need as they head towards the next exam.
“it clearly is a disaster for the young doctors. This is a really terrible time for any young doctor even without an exam going bottoms up.
“it is just a rotten, stressful time.”
Two young registrars studying for the 2016 racp exam killed themselves during the intensive study period, including chloe abbott.
“to our young doctors, i’d say it is tough. You’ve all got other personal parts of life that probably make it more complex but just keep in mind that the government is saying to nsw health we want to help you and do whatever we can to make it less difficult, ” mr hazzard said.
Keep calm, and know that there are people in the system who are backing you and will be asking the college to do its bit, and also all of the health bureaucrats right across nsw, to help you out.”
Mr hazzard said he had yet to speak to the racp, but that the college needed to look for long-term solutions, including holding the exam twice yearly to give registrars a second chance and more flexibility.
“we want them to succeed, ” he said
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Respected Pearson VUE Exam Security, Media, Test Owners and Immigration Authorities,

Time and again genuine people have raised voices to point out malpractices in computer based exam frauds in PTE, GMAT, ICS2, PMP TOEFL, GRE, CAE etc. While Indian criminal investigation agencies have made note and caught a cartel of people operating this online test at home, scam proxy agents have become busy plotting new modus operandi to do proxy and frauds back within test centers.

This email is being shared as whistle blower communication highlighting the hidden agenda of proxy agents who are working with corrupt insiders. We will share complete details so that Pearson VUE and test owners can take action. As per current market intelligence gathered from credible sources show that 40 % of APAC and 65% of India based PTE-A and GMAT test centers are involved in some level of testing frauds. This is evident from the fact that Pearson faced fraud in one of its own test centers in North India.

Unfortunately corrupt people in the Selects and PTE team in India namely Rajiv Kapoor, Abhishek Khetawat and Karan Nanda continue to milk unethical kickbacks with old wine in new bottle strategy. Old closed select test centers persons get new profiles of the same persons and are allocated new test centers to continue frauds and this keeps the kick back cycle going on.

These insiders work in cohorts with West India based kingpin Ms.Rinkoo Shah and Ms Priya who are internally funded by Mr Yogesh Patel. On ground this is further support by local proxy goons namely Charjeev Sharma, Chetan, Gaurav who bride college lab assistants. This people where operating KC college select site when its got closed they were assigned new center Maharashtra College of Arts Science and Commerce, DIT ( which got closed), Gyan Jyoti and Buddha Institute and 2 more are being applied by this cartel in Mumbai of which deals are being spearheaded by Charjeev. Pearson Quality will soon be receiving these colleges from the Selects team. If you need more details we can provide the same too.

This cartel is now eyeing moolah from test centers has onvue is in limelight due to frauds. In Karan Nanda's own words "nothing can stop them now as they have all support from top and they can bypass security, quality processes as selects team has all the power"

We have done our part and moral duty to highlight malpractices. It is up to the uncorrupted test security team to investigate and ensure this rot is addressed.

Yours Sincerely,

WhistleBlower


On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 11:43 AM Edwise Trainings wrote:
Dear Respected Test owners, IT principles, Global Immigration Authorities and Academia

This is in regards to massive collusion in exams offered through remote proctoring platforms and insider cartel by former Paragon testing India consultant Salil Sharma who has now moved to ETS for his mega proxy plan.

Salil is a black listed employee evicted from Pearson for malpractices in Pearson owned test centres. Unfortunately companies like Paragon, Prometric and ETS who do not know the dirty past have been duped by this person.

As of now Salil not only pimps test center for PTE and TOEFL, he is also a mastermind to utilise loopholes on online systems for CAE and CELPIP and SELT.

We request global media, immigration authorities and ETS to investigate and catch the rot before it goes deep.

Below are newspaper cut outs which show the impact of a corrupt cartel by Salil and action by local authorities.

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Original Email reported by whistle blower on Salils cartel when he was pimping CELPIP exams
The FIR was registered on the complaint of one of the representatives of Pearson VUE, Shantanu Kumar. Police said Pearson VUE is authorised to conduct the PTE-A for half a dozen foreign countries, including New Zealand and Austria. A local test centre manager of one of the reputed education services, Pearson VUE, which helps the students wanting to go abroad with English Language Test (The Pearson Test of English Academic [PTE-A]), was booked for arranging proxy candidates in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The test centre of Pearson VUE is located at Elante Mall in Phase-1, Industrial Area.
The accused was identified as Mandeep Sethi. He is absconding. Names of at least 22 candidates against whom proxy candidates appeared were mentioned in the FIR. The PTE-A is a computer-based test of English language made compulsory by various universities, colleges and governments around the world. Sethi was sacked from the Pearson VUE, which belongs to M/s Pearson India Education Services Pvt Ltd.
The FIR was registered on the complaint of one of the representatives of Pearson VUE, Shantanu Kumar. Police said Perason VUE is authorised to conduct the PTE-A for half a dozen foreign countries, including New Zealand and Austria.

A staff member of the company requesting anonymity said, “There is a set protocol for appearing in PTE-A in our centre. A candidate has to give his palm vein scan, photograph and signature at the admin desk before entering the examination room. He also gets his passport checked at the admin desk. After giving the palm vein scan, photograph and signature, the candidate has to wait to enter the examination room. But at Chandigarh centre, we observed various discrepancies. The scrutiny of CCTV cameras revealed that the original candidate entered the washroom but proxy candidates came out from the washroom dressed in the clothes of actual candidates. The internal probe also established when Mandeep Sethi was facilitating these proxy candidates to entre the examination room using some other identity cards. We collected all the relevant evidence in the shape of CCTV footages, signatures and original documents of actual candidates.”

DSP (East) Dilsher Singh Chandel said, “The role of 22 original candidates is being investigated. We have sought more details from the Pearson VUE. As per the company, the internal probe was started when some of candidates who had performed very badly in PTE-A earlier did excellent within a short period. The company launched an internal probe and lodged a complaint with the police.”

A case of forgery, cheating, impersonation and criminal conspiracy was registered at the Industrial Area police station.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-man-booked-for-ar...

Yours faithfully,

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