Students, staff at private North Bay college locked out of courses | APTN News

things are locked up tight at the native Education and Training College in North Bay Ontario this notice posted on the door dated February 7th States due to non-payment of rent a the landlord has terminated the lease and hereby repossessed the premises and there's been no access to online programs for students either Amanda W dreamed of getting a diploma in Human Resources management so last November when she saw the program was being offered online through the native Education and Training college she applied soon after paying $6,100 in tuition those dreams faded I got 14-day free trial with my course and the books uh once that program or sorry once the 14 days had expired then I had didn't hear from anybody wel is a member of the pwon first nation in Ontario she was never able to begin the program wo was permanently locked out of the system in December and didn't hear from anyone until January 12th finally they had gotten back to me cuz I told them that I was going to go to the media and get myself legal uh advice and as soon as they heard that they reached out to me right away and they said that they'd give me my full refund because it was still within the 30 days so I filled out the paperwork from my full refund on January 12th and after 30 days I still have not received anything anything Skyler s is from the Missi first nation in Ontario he was taking the environmental technician program SAR has been locked out too although his band did pay for the program in the end there I did the exam on January 4th and um I hand in the like I complete the test uh or the exam handed in and uh there's no contact from anybody from that point until like maybe two two or three communic a from from anybody at that school between then and now APN contacted the ministry of colleges and universities about the situation its response the superintendent of career colleges is aware of the students concerns and is speaking with the parties to facilitate a resolution in an emailed statement from Larry Stewart the owner of NC he claims someone had stolen the tuition checks from his mailbox and that their online platform was hacked and that all the instructors had quit ex instructor Lorraine Neil disagrees on that last Point she had worked at the NC since 2016 in March Neil asked to be laid off because she wasn't getting paid and it was frustrating so that's why I requested to be laid off but I never got my Roe they never fired me I never officially quit I have no idea where where I stand meanwhile wants to be rebed however she's giving up on any future education Endeavors I'm just going to leave it as it is um unfortunately it just kind of put a bad taste in my mouth and I don't not going to pursue it according to Stuart's statement tuition fees are now refundable and they're working on transferring students to another online platform in the meantime the school and available programs continues to be advertised online and Francis APN national news North Bay

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Published: Fri May 03 2024