A Shenzhen-based tutorial centre accused of offering the city’s university entrance examination curriculum at a private Hong Kong school without registration has denied teaching the courses, saying it only acted as an agent to recruit students.

Capture Star also said on Friday that all promotional activities related to the school were conducted in Shenzhen and not in Hong Kong.

On Thursday, the Education Bureau accused Capture Star of recruiting students for Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam programmes at a private secondary school, Tsung Tsin Middle School in Cheung Sha Wan, without registration.

“Capture Star only acts as an agent for Tsung Tsin Middle School’s enrolment and does not hold classes at the school,” the centre said, adding that its “promotion of Tsung Tsin Middle School is conducted entirely in Shenzhen and no promotional or enrolment activities are conducted in Hong Kong”.

But the centre’s prospectus for the 2025-26 academic year targeting students in mainland China showed Tsung Tsin Middle School in Hong Kong providing registered student status, school campus and hardware facilities, with Capture Star teaching the DSE curriculum across all subjects, producing learning materials and counselling students on the study pathway.

Capture Star said it did not admit any students for the private school after it acted as an admission agent. All those accepted into Tsung Tsin attended school at the Cheung Sha Wan campus and teachers were employed by the institution, it added.