Singapore
Apr 12, 2010
Rogue agents sell student passes
They recruit online and claim to be employees of private school here
By Liew Hanqing <!-- by line -->
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Mr Dennis Tan (above), executive director of Arium School of Management and Technology, says the recruiters are not official Arium agents and they have lodged a police report against them. All official agents must sign a contract, he adds, showing the reporter files containing such contracts. The school's premises in Upper Boon Keng Road. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
The school's premises in Upper Boon Keng Road. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
A RACKET involving student passes for sale by two men, who claimed to be from a private school here, has caught the attention of the Council for Private Education (CPE). A spokesman for the CPE told The Straits Times that the council would be conducting checks on the school's processes. <!-- story content : start --> These checks, part of the evaluation process for the school's application under the Enhanced Registration Framework for private education institutions, would include how the school monitors its students' attendance.
Read the full exclusive in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
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Apr 12, 2010
Rogue agents sell student passes
They recruit online and claim to be employees of private school here
By Liew Hanqing <!-- by line -->
<!-- end by line --> <!-- end left side bar -->
Mr Dennis Tan (above), executive director of Arium School of Management and Technology, says the recruiters are not official Arium agents and they have lodged a police report against them. All official agents must sign a contract, he adds, showing the reporter files containing such contracts. The school's premises in Upper Boon Keng Road. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
The school's premises in Upper Boon Keng Road. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
A RACKET involving student passes for sale by two men, who claimed to be from a private school here, has caught the attention of the Council for Private Education (CPE). A spokesman for the CPE told The Straits Times that the council would be conducting checks on the school's processes. <!-- story content : start --> These checks, part of the evaluation process for the school's application under the Enhanced Registration Framework for private education institutions, would include how the school monitors its students' attendance.
Read the full exclusive in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]
