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Despite public outrage that B.C.’s “superintendent of achievement” paid a teenager $16,000 to draft a poorly-written 14-page study on the Finnish school system, the B.C. Ministry of Education concluded Thursday that the process “appropriately followed Ministry policy and procedures.”

Minister of Education Peter Fassbender confirmed on Thursday that an internal review found no wrongdoing on the part of superintendent of achievement Rick Davis.

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Nevertheless, Mr. Fassbender hinted that “the ministry could have pursued these important objectives in a more cost effective manner.”

The Ministry’s internal review also revised the much-reported $16,000 figure. The 14-page report actually cost $19,075; about $1,360 per page.

Entitled Teacher Preparation: A Comparison between British Columbia and Finland,the paper was drafted by Victoria, B.C., 19-year-old Anjali Vyas, who first met Mr. Davis in 2012 while deejaying at a friend’s wedding.