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André Britz

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2020

30 Apr 2021, 07:26

Unsatisfactory service to the detriment of student

I am continuously amazed how unhelpful follow south African are when it comes to service delivery as people no longer walk a few feet whist the previous generations would go the extra mile. My daughter writes very small and early this year I asked Impaq/Optimi to accommodate her when it comes to marking her papers and app**** for a concession by completing their application forms. I called their call entre spoke to numerus agents and so far, wrote in excess 20 e-mails following up on our requests for assistance yet nothing has been done in the interim to address the situation. I understand that a committee considers the concession requests however marking her papers down just because they are too lazy to use the zoom function of the submitted PDFs is just wrong as is to just ignore requests for help made from the beginning of March this year. From the aforementioned it seems that there is a breach of the learner's fundamental rights in the light of the fact that concessions and accommodation are designed to equalize opportunities for all learners by addressing barriers which learners may experience in the writing tests and examinations and the lengthy procedure followed without making informed decisions or providing interim measure to address the problem are not fair especially where we offered to address any queries or uncer*****ies but are never contacted or afforded the opportunity to address this with the staff or managers concerned. In one instance a requested moderation of an Afrikaans paper yielded an 20% increase of the score given yet in the rest of the matriculant’s subjects we still await the requested moderations to be done. I believe if the will exists Impaq/Optimi can assign someone who will have the best interest of the child at heart, to deal with this matter on an urgent basis but so far and for about the last 2 months it seems nobody is interested to provide quality service at Impaq/Optimi.

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Replies (4)
Impaq Education
Impaq Education's reply30 Apr 2021, 13:49
Official
Dear Andre,

With reference to your complaint that has been lodged, I see that this particular matter is currently being dealt with by the relevant senior within our Assessments Department.

Regards,
Impaq
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André Britz's update04 May 2021, 07:14
Reviewer Update
I reported this issue by e-mail in March and it is still not resolved by May thus it seems that it it time for senior management of Impaq/Optimi to get involved to try and resolve this long overdue issue which impacts negatively on a student and her fundamental rights or is my experience so far that Impaq/Optimi does not care about the best interest of their students and parents a true reflection of how your organisation is managed?
Impaq Education
Impaq Education's reply04 May 2021, 08:50
Official
Dear Andre,

This particular complaint has now been escalated through to the head of our Assessments Department in order to make contact with you.

Regards,
Impaq
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André Britz's update18 May 2021, 08:33
Reviewer Update
Will Impaq/Optimi ever reply or just make the promised call before the June exams start?