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Karabo T

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2017

11 Jan 2024, 14:04

Stadio is looking for any excuse to not let me graduate. They lost my test results.

I registered for my PGCE in 2021, took a break due to personal reasons in 2022 and then continued in 2023. In 2021, the requirement was to pay R250 for an ICT Diagnostic test, I did and the institution took forever to send me the link to the test. I followed up via email and I was told that it would take another week because of some internal problem. We eventually got the link and I did the test and passed it and continued with the course. I called this week asking for a letter of completion for my employer, so that they could extend my contract and I was told that I wouldn’t be graduating because I didn’t do the ICT test. The nice lady helping me, Edith forwarded me to her manager, Cayley, who immediately offered to waive the ICT test fee for this year and send me a link to redo the test. The link came but the test had been closed. I went back to Edith, who told me that the lady in Musgrave has been alerted via email but she hasn’t responded. All she has to do on her end is reopen the test so that they can allow me to write, since I paid and wrote but they lost the record of my score. I have the POP to prove this. We were still using the MyEmbury website. I tried to call the Musgrave office but I’ve been holding for at least an hour daily with no one to help. I hate Stadio, when they want payment they want it now but they have *********** systems in place and they often lose assignments and important things like test results, even when you use their portals and follow their instructions to the T. Edith’s hands are tied because some lady who knocks off at 3pm at Musgrave is taking her time to open a test and resend the link. This is the one thing that will stop me from graduating. Because someone is lazy to read emails I will lose my job, my livelihood even though I owe them nothing. I tried reaching out on Facebook and q-desk but it seems they are waiting for time to pass so that I am forced to take an ICT course and pay for it so that they can swindle more money from me. I’m disgusted by Stadio’s treatment of their students, especially when we have to graduate. I hope someone can help because I passed all my exams and the courses, USING TECHNOLOGY, but now might not get my PGCE qualification because someone lost my score to a 5 minute ICT test I know I passed, but didn’t take a screenshot of because I thought I was dealing with a reputable organisation with integrity. I have the POP and the emails of the incompetence I experienced regarding the link to the test from 2021.

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SHE (STADIO Higher Education)
SHE (STADIO Higher Education)'s reply11 Jan 2024, 14:31
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Dear Karabo.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the disappointment. Please allow us a chance to rectify your experience. We have escalated your complaint to be investigated. The School of Education will make direct contact with you to resolve your matter soonest possible.

Sincerely,
The STADIO Team
KT
Karabo T's update11 Jan 2024, 14:41
Reviewer Update
If they don’t I will report you to the Ombudsman. My English Lecturer lost my assignment and luckily I had taken screen shots of it. My English mark is low and I suspect it’s because she never found it and was to proud to ask that I resend. Your institution seems to think that just because we make sacrifices to pay for your fees, we have an endless supply of money to waste on its internal incompetence. Your lecturers bombard us with emails and treat us like we are unthinking animals. Your call centre staff in Musgrave is rude and they overreact and shout at us over the phone when we try to explain our problems. I’ve had enough. Give me my PGCE so that I don’t have to interact with you again. I have all my results which show I passed, I’m not going to do and pay for a course on Microsoft Office just because you can’t manage your people and systems. I will even report it to the media if this isn’t resolved. I’ve had it. You don’t even think about the anxiety this causes us, how you topple our worlds yet we paid and performed. You treat your students like *******.