{"id":7592,"date":"2018-01-05T05:24:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T05:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=7592"},"modified":"2018-01-10T14:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:37:42","slug":"beware-of-e-learning-warns-education-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/beware-of-e-learning-warns-education-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of e-learning, warns Education Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Janvi\u00e8re Ndirahisha, Minister of Education has recently alerted students and parents who applied for virtual learning that they must have relevant information before applying. \u201cAll parents having children who wish to pursue their studies through e-learning in foreign universities, institutes and foundations whether in Europe, America, Asia, Oceania or Africa must take all reasonable precautions before studying,\u201d she said warning them against losing money due to the lack of correct information.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7594\" style=\"width: 371px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7594\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7594\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Janvi\u00e8re-Ndirahisha-2-1024x819-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Janvi\u00e8re Ndirahisha: \u201cIt\u2019s better to have relevant information before applying for e-learning programs\u201d \" width=\"361\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Janvi\u00e8re-Ndirahisha-2-1024x819-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Janvi\u00e8re-Ndirahisha-2-1024x819-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Janvi\u00e8re-Ndirahisha-2-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Janvi\u00e8re-Ndirahisha-2-1024x819-600x480.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janvi\u00e8re Ndirahisha: \u201cIt\u2019s better to have relevant information before applying for e-learning programs\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Janvi\u00e8re Ndirahisha says her ministry conducted a survey and found that some Institutes like \u201cMadison International Institute and Business School\u201d are not recognized.<\/p>\n<p>B.F, a former student in master\u2019s program at Madison International Institute and Business School says e-learning students must pay more attention before applying for such programs. \u201cI spent a year studying at Madison Institute without knowing that it is not recognized,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He says he googled the founder of the Institute and found that he was expelled from Pakistan for having initiated an unknown Institute and later took refuge in USA. \u201cI therefore realized that my virtual studies meant nothing and suspended them before presenting my MA thesis,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very important to carry out research before applying for any e-learning programs\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>The same view is shared by another e-learning student at Mount Kenya University. \u201cI made sure this university was recognized before registering. It has an office in Burundi,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The Education Minister Janvi\u00e8re Ndirahisha further says investigations into other schools, universities, institutes and foundations are underway to discourage any attempt to perpetrate fraud and forgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janvi\u00e8re Ndirahisha, Minister of Education has recently alerted students and parents who applied for virtual learning that they must have relevant information before applying. \u201cAll parents having children who wish to pursue their studies through e-learning in foreign universities, institutes and foundations whether in Europe, America, Asia, Oceania or Africa must take all reasonable precautions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,670],"tags":[40,1297],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7595,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592\/revisions\/7595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}