QC school principal accused of leaking exams to review center

Faculty members and students of Quezon City Science High School (QCSHS) have accused their principal of grave abuse of authority and graft and corruption for allegedly leaking their entrance exam and periodic test to a favored review center.

Math teacher Arnel Salvo, president of the school's faculty club, told GMA News Online on Monday that principal Zenaida Sadsad had arranged with Brainworks/Brainchamps Tutorial Learning Center the sure entry of their applicants to QCSHS, one of the country's leading science schools.

Salvo said Brainworks is owned by Sadsad's friend.

GMA News Online was still trying to reach Sadsad and a certain Benjamin Lagason, supposedly the husband of the owner of Brainworks, for their comment as of posting time.
 
In a 26-page complaint-affidavit filed with the Department of Education-National Capital Region on Sept. 26, Salvo said Sadsad's "collusion" with Brainworks "commercialized the admission process of incoming freshmen."

The complaints said parents paid P25,000 to the review center.

"The items in the QCSHS entrance examination were the same items that were discussed in the review classes offered by Brainworks," the complaint said, which cited affidavits from teachers, parents and students.

Meanwhile, incumbent QCSHS students who applied with the review center were taught with the same items of a periodic test conducted last Aug. 3, the complaint said.

"There was an evident arrangement and a great possibility that Dr. Sadsad received a percentage or share from the consideration paid by the students who enrolled at Brainworks, otherwise Dr. Sadsad will not fight tooth or nail for (the review center)," the complaint said.

Parents, teachers, students and alumni were expected to hold a protest rally on Monday afternoon to call for Sadsad's ouster.

Sadsad first figured in controversy when she reportedly suspended four students for criticizing her in a blog. She was also accused of collecting money from non-passers for their entry in the school. -- Marc Jayson Cayabyab/KBK, GMA News