SINGAPORE: The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) says it will step up checks on private education providers in Singapore.
This follows the recent Brookes Business School debacle where the school was found peddling fake degrees.
Now, CASE has found out that Brookes was withholding insurance certificates from students. As a result, students might not have been aware if they were under—insured or not insured under the Student Protection Scheme.
According to CASE, local students said the school did not offer the insurance option to them although it should have done so.
CASE wants to remind all students enrolled in private schools to obtain a certificate of insurance from their private school and make sure their full tuition fees are covered under the insurance scheme when they sign up for their courses.
Meanwhile, 31 students, mostly from China, have asked local lawyer Leonard Loo to help them file a lawsuit against the school. They want their school fees, which amount to a total of about S$700,000, back.
This is the second batch of students to take such action, following similar action by a group of 19 students last week.
Subhas Anandan, the lawyer acting for the school’s owner Benny Yap, told Channel NewsAsia that one option that his client may consider is giving consent to judgement.
This will allow both parties to save money and time by eliminating the process of a full trial.
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