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Students scammed, certificate not recognized

Published by Afterschool.my on Aug 15, 2016, 11:04 am

A group of former Culinary Arts students have reported a college for fraud.news - students scammed of college certificate

The course certificates they received after graduation were reportedly not recognized by the Department of Skills Development (Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran/JPK).

One of them, Muhammad Ariff Nor Ismail, 19, claimed that since his enrolment in the college, he has paid RM 20,120 out of the RM 32,900 course fee for the three years period of study from July 2014 to 2017.

"Never mind the expensive tuiton fees, the college also had no library facilities, conducive classrooms and kitchen facilities were also lacking, but I also know that some of the instructors at the college do not own a Certificate for Vocational Training (VTO)."

Muhammad Ariff Nor said when first enrolled, the college management promised a PTPK loans by 80 percent, but after a year he had only received RM15,000 while the rest had to be paid by his own parents.

"My family is not rich, but when I asked for postponement of payments, college management did not allow me to sit for my exams and forced me to pay my college fees," he said.

Another former student, Mohammed Asyraaf Mahizan, 19, who also shared the same fate, said he wants his money back and want authorities to investigate the college which he claimed was also responsible for conning seven other of his classmates.

Muhammad Ariff Nor, Mohammed Asyraaf Mahizan and several of their classmates have lodged a police report individually.

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