LJ
Lusanda J

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2015

02 Feb 2025, 07:20

Stick to the arrangement

A week after my son started with online high school, he got into a physical school he had been on the waiting list for. I requested immediate withdrawal which came with the 3 months notice period. As I couldn’t afford to pay two schools at the same time. I was offered a payment arrangement over 6 to 9 months. I signed the forms and submitted the same day as per the request from their finance team. The debit order payment arrangement is supposed to start 01/02/2025 but instead the monthly school fee had been trying to go off my card. The funds available on that card is only for the payment arrangement.

The 3month period should’ve been inclusive of the Jan fees as he was only enrolled for a week. But we won’t receive such graces from UCT online.

Kindly stick to the debit order payment arrangement and do not try to get the full amount via my bank card. We have an agreement in place please honour it.

Chose UCT online high school because of been backed into a corner given the educational system but the 3 month withdrawal notice is aimed to deprive parents.

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Replies (6)
UCT Online High School
UCT Online High School's reply06 Feb 2025, 16:33
Official
Hi Lusanda,

Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. 

We want to assure you that our team has carefully reviewed your case, and as a result, we have processed a refund for the amount in question, excluding the agreed-upon monthly instalment. We’ve also ensured that the automatic collection has been stopped in line with the agreed-upon terms.

We wish your son all the best in his academic journey.

With you in the pursuit of wisdom,UCT Online High School 
LJ
Lusanda J's update12 Feb 2025, 05:14
Reviewer Update
Its over a week since my account was incorrectly debited and still no refund. My account is depleted because of the actions taken by UCT!! No refund has taken place. Its been complete agony. The refund of the R1730 should’ve been returned the same way it was taken on my card. UCT took the R865 then R1730. I need my money back.
UCT Online High School
UCT Online High School's reply13 Feb 2025, 16:59
Official
Hi Lusanda, 

Thank you for further bringing this to our attention. 

We have confirmed that the refund was processed on 6 February 2025. Please note that it can take 3 to 5 working days for the funds to reflect back into the card from which the initial payment was collected from. This refund should reflect within this week. 

With you in the pursuit of wisdom,UCT Online High School 
LJ
Lusanda J's update25 Feb 2025, 06:57
Reviewer Update
Good day. Your system has attempted to debit the R1730 once again. The automatic collection has not been stopped. Please fix this urgently.
UCT Online High School
UCT Online High School's reply26 Feb 2025, 08:21
Official
Hi Lusanda,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. 
The relevant team has investigated and further removed your banking details from the system to ensure that the system does not attempt to process any transactions going forward. 
With you in the pursuit of wisdom,UCT Online High School
LJ
Lusanda J's update17 Apr 2025, 06:08
Reviewer Update
As per Avril there is no arrangement and my billing cycle ended 1 April 2025!!! Being handed over???