Vietnam - Students petition against Raffles School fraud

Hundreds of students and parents have accused Raffles International School in Ho Chi Minh City, of not reimbursing for tuition fees as it promised.

Students and their parents flocked to the school on Nguyen Van Troi Street, in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City on March 19, which was the deadline for reimbursement. A tense meeting between the students and school officials, lasted nearly 10 hours, but no agreement was reached. The local police eventually had to be called in to keep order.

Then students and parents sent a petition against the school, accusing them of fraud.

According to the petition, Raffles International School promised to reimburse student tuition fees within 60 days (from January 18 to March 19), but have failed to make full payment. The compensation for which they are asking amounts is still less than what the students already paid.

Students and their parents also asked the police to ban the school’s leaders from leaving the country.

Earlier, on March 17, Raffles International School sent a letter to students in which they offered the alternative of continuing the same programs in Cambodia, Singapore or Australia.

On December 29 last year, the Ministry of Education and Training decided to penalize three high-profile international training institutes in HCMC for offering programs they had not been accredited for.

Dan Tri

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