Malacca government rebukes e-learning portals claims
MALACCA: The Malacca government has distanced itself from claims that it has endorsed certain paid e-learning portals as a reliable and effective study tool compared to attending tuition classes.
State Education, Youth And Sport committee chairman Datuk Gan Tian Loo said such claims were purportedly made by those who are zealous in promoting the portals through the multi-level-marketing (MLM) system.
"We have never certified any of these portals as effective study providers as such sites were operated solely for business purposes. They should also not misuse the state government in a bid to promote their products to the masses", he said when met recently. Gan said subscribers renew these portals monthly and the agents of these education portals are paid commissions.
"Therefore, the state has never endorse any e-learning portals andparents who intends to subscribe including those who was a sign-up asdownlines shouldnt easily be convinced about such claims", he said.
Gan was asked to comment on the agents of such portals who had made claims to their potential clients alleging that the Malacca government has endorsed such portals as credible study tools.
Agents of these portals, he noted, not only concentrate in Malacca but throughout the country and its was unfair to only indicate Malacca as one of the government agencies that has endorsed such portals.
"We have no links whatsoever with such portal operators, the state governments name is simply being misapplied to boost sales by these agents", he said.
Asked on police reports lodged by a group of people against one of the portal operator, Gan said they should bring their grouses to the Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Ministry if they felt duped.
He said the state government is aware that there were a number of police reports against such portal operators and would leave to it to the police and the relevant authorities to probe.
Gan said he came to know that some of these agents have hoodwinked fresh school-leavers to sign-up as downliners of such portals,promising them they could own luxurious cars in short span of time ifthey successfully brought in more people into such online study programmes.
"It is actually upsetting to know there were those who had paid a huge sum just to be part of the MLM system employed by the portal operators by just trusting some documents apparently issued by certain government agencies without diligently checking on the authenticity of such businesses", he added.
-The Star-
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