Nothing is known about their real identity. No institution lists them on a staff page. No academic record bears the name. The only verifiable fact is that sometime before the first cohort needed it, the tool existed, fully formed, precisely calibrated to BCU's Level 6 grading schema, as if written by someone who had lived through the anxiety of not knowing where they stood.
The name offers the only clue. Pokok is the Malay word for "tree," something with deep roots, patient growth, and no need for recognition.
Dr Pokok has never sought fame. There is no portfolio, no LinkedIn, no paper trail. There is no monetisation, no subscription, no upsell. The tool is free. It has always been free. When asked why, Dr Pokok reportedly gave the same answer every time:
"Not for fame. Not for profit. Just for fun."
They respond to support tickets. They push updates. They disappear.
Some students believe Dr Pokok is a former BCU graduate who built the tool the year they needed it most and never stopped maintaining it. Others think the "Dr" is ironic, a joke about the academic titles that surround students but rarely speak plainly to them.
The truth, if it exists at all, lives with a certain handful of Batch 1 students. They were there at the beginning. They know. They have never said.
Two words have been used to describe Dr Pokok. Just two. First Class.
What is certain: the calculator works. The classification is honest. And somewhere, Dr Pokok is having fun.
"The tool is the message. The name is just a placeholder."
— attributed to Dr Pokok, unverified