Chinese school in trouble for trying to sell US$363 ‘student monitoring’ Huawei phones to parents


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 14 May 2019

The Liuzhou education bureau says pitch using tech giant

A high school in southwest China is under investigation after a teacher tried to sell a “custom Huawei phone” for monitoring pupils’ online activity to parents.

On May 13, the Liuzhou Education Bureau said that the sales pitch at Liuzhou High School in Guangxi province broke a ban on advertising and sales in schools.

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