BEWARE OF FAKE COLLEGES AND SCAMS
Before choosing a fake college or a correspondence cheat, or
invest all your parents’ hard-earned money take note of the following warnings
issued by SAPS and the Department of Higher Education.
1.
You MUST choose an institution which is
registered with the Department of Higher Education, as ALL PRIVATE HIGHER
education institutions in South Africa need to be registered with the DHE. ANY
CREDIBLE campus must be able to show you a certificate to that effect.
2.
ALL Higher Education Qualifications need to be
ACCREDITED by the Higher Education Quality Committee of the Council on Higher
Education (CHE). If the qualification is not accredited, they will not appear
on the ‘registration’ certificate.
3.
Students should ask for the institution’s SAQA
and NQF identity numbers as all qualifications must be registered on the NQF by
SAQA (the South African Qualifications Authority)
Further
advice on how to spot a fake college or a degree scam:
·
The institution’s address is legit
·
The number works / proper contact information
·
The tuition fees is a flat rate, e.g. not per
subject
·
Promises a degree in no time, e.g. 30 days
·
Discounts are available if you enrol for
multiple programmes
·
The institution offers a qualification which is
not accredited by SA’ Department of Higher Education, but by a different
organisation
·
The institution only accepts payments via credit
card
·
Be extremely careful if the institution is
accredited by another overseas country only or whether the institution is in
another country. There is always the idea that a qualification from overseas is
“worth” more, or that you can only get work overseas if you have an
international qualification.
·
If you can earn your qualification by handing in
your CV and not your matric certificate
·
If you
failed matric, be careful, as many scam colleges offer you the opportunity to
improve your results through them.
Rather enrol at a FET college.
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