Enrolment advert a scam
THE Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) has warned parents against a fake enrolment notice doing the rounds in Dunoon, claiming to make the process easier at a cost of R50.
The advert first announces the closing date for 2020 Grade 8 and Grade 1 applications and goes on to say: “You cannot register the students directly at the school. All you need to do is come at Silulo Ulutho Technologies. Bring with you your ID, your child’s birth certificate, the last report and you will be charged a fee of R50 which is the 2018 December report.”
Department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said: “Firstly, parents must enrol at the school or on the WCED website (https:// admissions.westerncape.gov.za/ admissions/login). We are not aware of any official or authorised enrolment station at the company named on the notice/advert. Secondly, parents cannot be charged a fee to enrol their child at a school.
“Thirdly, the WCED’s branding was used without our permission.”
She said the notice was of great concern to the department.
“Our main concern is that parents are paying for a service that is not necessary. The WCED has called the company that is on the notice/advert. A man from the Dunoon office answered and confirmed that they were encouraging parents to register online with them.
“He said he had been asked to do so by a WCED school to assist parents with online enrolment. He indicated that the R50 was the cost to provide internet access.”
The department investigated further and contacted the school in question. The principal said he had no engagement with the company and that the school was not part of the pilot.
Meanwhile, Silulo Ulutho Technologies took to Facebook, stating they had no knowledge of the incident.
“This is very disturbing for the brand. One of the guys in Dunoon is opening a school and using our logo to recruit parents to register their learners by coming to the Silulo Ulutho Technologies centres.
“We have no knowledge of this; it came as a surprise to me when I was alerted via inbox. We will be working with our franchise owner in Dunoon to deal with the matter,” the company said.
YESTERDAY, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) was made aware of a fake notice/advert that is being circulated in Dunoon.
The advert reads as follows: “2020 Grade 8 and Grade 1 students’ enrolment is currently open for all schools that are in the Western Cape. Registration is open until March 15.
“You cannot register the students directly at the school all you need to do is come at Silulo Ulutho Technologies, bring with you your ID, your child’s birth certificate, the last report and you will be charged a fee of R50 which is the 2018 December report.
“Please register your child as soon as possible so is (stet) to secure a place for next year.”
This notice/advert is fake. The only notice issued by the WCED for admissions is the official admission notice.
The contents of the fake notice/ advert are of great concern to us.
First, parents must enrol at the school or on the WCED website (https://admissions.westerncape.gov. za/admissions/login) – we are not aware of any official or authorised enrolment station at the company named on the notice/advert.
Secondly, parents cannot be charged a fee to enrol their child at a school.
Thirdly, the WCED’s branding was used without our permission.
Our main concern, however, is that parents are paying for a service that is not necessary.
The WCED has called the company that is on the notice/advert.
A man from the Dunoon office answered and confirmed that they were encouraging parents to register online with them.
He said that he had been asked to do so by a WCED school in order to assist parents with online enrolment.
He indicated that the R50 was the cost to provide internet access.
The WCED investigated further and called the school in question.
The principal said that he had had no engagement with the company and that the school was not part of the pilot.
Parents may collect paper-based application forms from the school, as has been done in the past. healthy weight” as well as “the connection between stress and our hearts, and how to manage it”.
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It is unfortunate that someone is trying to capitalise off the poor in this process.
We would like to warn all parents that this is a scam.
Also, if you do not have access to digital resources to apply online, even if it is at one of our pilot schools, then you may request a paper-based application form instead.
A reminder to all parents that admissions close on March 15.