Several fly-by-night colleges have popped up to desperate students who pay huge fees for a post matric degree.
JOHANNESBURG - The Higher Education and Training Department says co-operation between law enforcement has led to a decrease in the number of illegal colleges operating in the country.
Several fly-by-night colleges have in the past popped up, taking advantage of desperate students who pay huge fees for post matric qualifications that are not accredited. Higher Education's Ishmael Mnisi says the department has been able to close down several illegal colleges."The number of these colleges that we have found particularly at our big City such as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and North West so we are dealing with a small percentage of those that might be exiting currently", he said.
The department has called on students to check the its website for tertiary institutions have been officially accredited.
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