Fake degree peddler's second school to close too
By Amelia Tan & Corrie Tan
A SECOND private school run by a man who peddled fake degrees has been ordered to close.
In a statement yesterday, the Education Ministry (MOE) said it had revoked the registration of Stamford Global Learning Centre, which has about 40 students and is also operated by Mr Benny Yap Chee Mun.
The order came a day after another school owned by Mr Yap, Brookes Business School, was ordered to close.
Students lured by attractive deal
BROOKES Business School offered something which many students found too good to refuse - a degree in a year for $12,000, and from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) no less.
But the scam was exposed by The Straits Times in a report last month.
Students were lured by the fact that the school was registered with the Education Ministry and had the CaseTrust quality mark.
In addition to RMIT degrees, it offered bachelor of business qualifications from a Brookes University - which students said they were told was based in Truro city in Cornwall, Britain - the University of Wales and the University of Ballarat in Australia.
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