High Court allows 19 students to recover school fees from Brookes Business School
By Gladys Ow, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 09 September 2009 2245 hrs
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SINGAPORE : Singapore's High Court has given the green light for 19 students to recover S$53,000 in school fees from the now defunct Brookes Business School.
The private institution is accused of peddling fake degrees from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Singapore's Education Ministry stripped Brookes Business School of its registration in July.
The court's decision was delivered in less than two months - a significantly shorter wait compared to the usual nine months for a civil suit.
The students' lawyer said the partners of Brooke Business School, Yap Chee Mun and Lim Cheow Young, failed to file a defence setting out their position.
More than 400 local and foreign students were affected by the school's closure. Some 170 of them have since been accepted by seven other private schools.
A total of 213 students applied for places, with the help of the Association of Private Schools and Colleges, but 36 were rejected for reasons such as not meeting the minimum requirement and not being able to produce proof of qualification.
Another group of 31 affected students has filed a similar suit against Brookes Business School. They are looking to recover S$70,000 in school fees. - CNA/ms
By Gladys Ow, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 09 September 2009 2245 hrs
Photos 1 of 1
SINGAPORE : Singapore's High Court has given the green light for 19 students to recover S$53,000 in school fees from the now defunct Brookes Business School.
The private institution is accused of peddling fake degrees from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Singapore's Education Ministry stripped Brookes Business School of its registration in July.
The court's decision was delivered in less than two months - a significantly shorter wait compared to the usual nine months for a civil suit.
The students' lawyer said the partners of Brooke Business School, Yap Chee Mun and Lim Cheow Young, failed to file a defence setting out their position.
More than 400 local and foreign students were affected by the school's closure. Some 170 of them have since been accepted by seven other private schools.
A total of 213 students applied for places, with the help of the Association of Private Schools and Colleges, but 36 were rejected for reasons such as not meeting the minimum requirement and not being able to produce proof of qualification.
Another group of 31 affected students has filed a similar suit against Brookes Business School. They are looking to recover S$70,000 in school fees. - CNA/ms
