Online school scam warning

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Online school scam warning

Warnings from education standards regulator Umalusi about online schools in South Africa have come into stark relief following reports on scams costing pupils years of their lives.

Most recently, Afrikaans news publication Rapport has reported on an online school that has operated for years and has repeatedly failed to register its learners for the matric exam.
 
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KZN parents sending children to online school Keystone Education were shocked to find that it was not even registered with the department.
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reportedly told parents that their children were signed up to write the 2024 Matric Exams, only they actually weren’t. In fact, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education says that the school isn’t registered at all.

It is likely that Keystone is one of the “fake online schools” that education watchdog Umalusi was warning parents about last year. These bogus schools are unaccredited, with some even going as far as to make learners write fake exams with past papers in order to keep up the ruse.
 
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geezer said:
Looking at the spelling, Lee Martins was also scammed.
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Now you understand why people fall for these things. I feel sorry for the kids who tried to further their education, most whom already probably grew up in challenging home circumstances. It must have an enormous mental impact in them.
 
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