The lies they tell : Calvary University

We have a copy of a Calvary University Certificate called :" Bachelor of Ministry (Honours) " which anyone reading it would accept it as a Bmin degree.  Except it is not. It was issued by the nonexistent Calvary University.

The interesting parts :  It was signed by the Chancellor Calvary University  : Dr I Gray (Phd)  , The standards moderator Dr G  Alborough Phd , and someone called the Dean of the faculty whose name is not mentioned.  It has the CQA  accredited stamp on.  This is also a non entity = it does not exist.
( As far as could be determined this was also something created by the creators of the fictitious university)  It was issued by Calvary University , Chester reg no. 31881  which also cannot be traced in any way.  Should you start looking on the internet for any of these gentlemen's names you will not find any mention of them.  

I think it is time that the South African authorities start going after the local marketers of this program.  The more we dig the hairier it gets.  Apparently most denominations of churches in South Africa have students studying through this "University" and being good Christians do not question the authenticity of their mentors ?   What will they be preaching once they have finished their courses ?  

The irony is that there are properly accredited courses available in South Africa by institutions accredited by the Dept of Higher education. 

Daai beroemde graad ( Calvary University)

Kommentaar deur Me Bruwer : ( kommentaar op hierdie blog veronderstel om deur haar geskryf te wees)

 Ek het my grade deur Vision University 
(Kaapstad) gedoen, en nie Calvary soos jou
onfeitlike halwe waarheid weergee nie. Ek is 
tans besig met my Dubbel D. (Jy kan ook 
baatvind om jouself bietjie "op te lig dmv
onderwys... Daar is niks soos 'n bietjie 
inligting om die lewe weer rooskleurig te 
maak nie).

( alle pogings om "Vision University" in Suid Afrika op te spoor was sover vrugteloos - Ons het nou navrae aan die Amerikaanse instelling met n soortgelyke naam gerig en sal ons bevindings later hier publiseer)

Haar webblad verklaar egter dat sy die volgende grade en kwalifikasies deur Calvary Universiteit gekry het.

(Onthou dat Calvary Universiteit n "non entity" is en wie dit ookal bedryf geen grade kan uitreik nie)

 B.Min. Theology – Calvary University 2004
17.     B.A. Counseling – CQA 2005
18.     M.Min – Calvary University 2008
19.     M. Min Endorsement – Nutrition 2008
20.     Doctorate in Counselling Nutrition and Sexology endorsement– Calvary University – 2009


You can run but you cannot hide ! 


Inligting wat ons kon bekom oor Vision University :


Vision International University is an unaccredited institution in Ramona, California offering academic degree programs designed to prepare men and women for professional service in Christian ministry. The university offers distance education and online learning programs.


Dit beteken basies dat hulle kurusse in die Christelike milieu aanbied wat nie ge-akrediteer is nie en kan jy nie n graad of enigiets soortgelyks daar verwerf nie.  Die fokus is baie duidelik op "Christelike" en is ons van mening dat "Seksologie" in niemand se wildste drome as "Christelik" geklasifiseer kan word nie 

It is coming a long way - Beeld 2009

Tienduisende rande vir ‘nikswerd’ grade

2009-06-07 21:48

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Die nasionale onderwysdepartement ondersoek ’n pastoor van Pretoria se onderwys-instituut wat nie geregistreer is om hoër- onderwyskwalifikasies aan te bied nie.

Dit kom ná ’n voormalige student Beeld ingelig het sy was onder die indruk sy studeer vir ’n graad deur die Sunray Beauty Academy International.

Die naam is vroeër vanjaar verander na Sunray Business Mentoring (SBM) Centre International.

Beeld het ná ’n ondersoek die onderwysdepartement ingelig dat SBM voorgee hy bied verskeie internasionaal erkende kwalifikasies deur die Londense City & Guilds (C&G) aan, waaronder hotelbestuur, kursusse vir sjefs, rekeningkunde en inligtingstegnologie.

Volgens mev. Joleen Rugg, C&G-bestuurder in Suid-Afrika, het SBM slegs goedkeuring om twee kwalifikasies (skoonheid en haarstilering) aan te bied.

Volgens C&G moet sy goedgekeurde sentrums ingevolge wetgewing sedert Desember 2007 by die departement as private instellings vir verdere onderwys en opleiding geregistreer wees.

C&G het bevestig hulle ondersoek SBM nadat Beeld hulle ingelig het oor die bewerings.

SBM erken op sy webblad (sunraybusiness.com en jericho. co.za) dat hy nie geregistreer is nie.

Sy aansoek vir registrasie is glo in 2003 onttrek omdat SBM nie sy studente wil opsaal met die hoë koste van regeringsgoedkeuring nie.

Mev. Tienie Heyneke van Boksburg beweer egter sy het meer as R43 000 aan haar dogter, Martlie (21), se skoonheids- en B.A. Berading-kwalifikasies bestee wat “eintlik niks werd is nie”.

Volgens Heyneke het haar dogter van 2006 tot 2008 deur SBM se Boksburg-kampus studeer. Sy het in 2006 en 2007 ’n skoonheidskursus geloop en voltooi.

“Sy het klas geloop, eksamens geskryf en ’n gradeplegtigheid bygewoon. Ons het hulle nie betwyfel nie, want die hoof is ’n pastoor en die dekaan/eienaar van die (Boksburg-)kampus ’n prokureur,” het Heyneke gesê.

Martlie het verlede jaar met die B.A. Berading-kursus begin. “Hulle het my nie ’n keuse gegee nie en my by Calvary-universiteit (’n Amerikaanse internet-opleidingsinstelling) ingeskryf. Toe hulle skielik sê dis self-studie en dat ons geen praktiese klasse het nie, het ek agtergekom iets skort,” beweer sy.

By navraag is Martlie deur die departement ingelig dat nóg SBM nóg Calvary geregistreer is om in Suid-Afrika hoëronderwyskwalifikasies aan te bied. Sy het toe haar studies gestaak.

Beeld het self ervaar hoe SBM die indruk wek dat hy ’n hoër-onderwyssentrum is.

Kursusgeld beloop tot tienduisende rande en volgens ’n personeellid het SBM “ ’n slaag?syfer van 65% en word daar jaarliks vier eksamens geskryf, waarvan die laaste een internasionaal is”.

Past. Celeste Bruwer, hoof van SBM, hou egter vol SBM is ’n “mentorsentrum” en “hoef dus nie te registreer nie”.

“Ons bied nie kwalifikasies nie, ons mentor programme en kwalifikasies.”

Sy beweer alle studente word in onderhoude hiervan ingelig.

“Die Heynekes het genoeg vorms geteken wat bewys hulle is ingelig. Ons tree nie namens universiteite op nie.”

Volgens Bruwer gebruik SBM kenners wat studente mentor.

Martlie ontken dít egter. “Bruwer het gesê hulle ís geregistreer.”

Mnr. Granville Whittle, die departement van onderwys se kommunikasie-direkteur, het bevestig hulle ondersoek die bewerings.

- Beeld

Beeld Vandag 22 Jan 2012

Ouers vies oor private ‘skool’

2012-01-22 21:16

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Die huis in Sinoville, Pretoria, waar verskeie leerlinge verlede jaar “skoolgegaan” en hul matriekeksamen gedruip het. Foto: Theana Calitz

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’n Groep ouers van Pretoria is woedend oor ’n private instelling wat glo voorgee om ’n “skool” te wees waar gr.12’s die nasionale senior sertifikaat-eksamen kan skryf.

Minstens ses leerlinge wat verlede jaar matriek aan die Sunray Business Mentoring Centre International (SBM) in Sinoville geskryf het, het gedruip.

Hulle het die Eksamenraad vir Christelike Onderwys (Erco) se eksamen geskryf.

Me. Corine Fick, ’n ouer, het gesê: “Ons het elkeen omtrent R20 000 se skoolgeld vir die jaar betaal en ons kinders het niks om daarvoor te wys nie.”

Die ouers wil ander waarsku en doen nou stappe om die SBM gesluit te kry.

Van die talle probleme wat Fick en ander ouers uitgewys het, is dat hul kinders nooit rapporte gekry het nie.

“Ons was heeltyd onder die indruk dat die kinders goed vorder.”

Fick het gesê sy was wel by tye onrustig omdat daar ’n hoë personeelomset was en dit geblyk het van hulle nie onderwyskwalifikasies het nie.

Dit blyk ook nou die skoolkurrikulum is nooit behoorlik gedek nie.

Beeld het in 2009 ook oor die instelling berig wat ondersoek sou word omdat dit nie geregistreer is om hoëronderwys-kwalifikasies aan te bied nie.

SBM bemark steeds sy kursusse en dienste op die webwerf www.jericho.­co.za/sba/courses.

Op die webwerf waarsku SBM dat hy of enige van sy ander “mentorsentrums” nie studente vir ’n program of kwalifikasie kan of sal registreer nie.

Volgens die webwerf is “pastoor” Celeste Bruwer die hoof van SBM.

By Beeld se besoek aan die huis in Sinoville vanwaar skoliere onderrig gekry het, het Bruwer se man, Wikus, gesê hy is nou hoof van die “mentorsentrum” en dat sy vrou haar “met ander sakebelange besig hou”.

Voor dié huis is ’n bord wat die dienste van Sunray Beauty Academy bemark waar enigiets van modulêre kursusse tot kursusse in skoonheid, haarkappery, teologie en berading gevolg kan word.

Bruwer het ontken dat hulle ’n “skool” is.

Volgens hom kan leerlinge enige “tuisskoolprogramme” volg en dan na die mentorsentrum kom waar hulle “gehelp” word.

Hy het gesê die leerlinge wat by hulle uitkom, pas nie baie goed in hoofstroomskole aan nie.

SBM keur ook nie leerlinge nie, maar evalueer hulle en beveel aan watter vakke hulle behoort te neem.

Mnr. Panyaza Lesufi, nasionale onderwyswoordvoerder, het gesê die ouers moet ’n klag by die spesiale ondersoekeenheid van die polisie indien, wat op bedrieglike instellings toeslaan.
 

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Proof of non accreditation

This quote from the latest newsletter of CLT is proof that if the University actually exist it is not accredited :

When I started with accreditation I was
about 49 and next month I will turn 60.    
If it comes our way and we can represent
Calvary here in a proper Higher Educa-
tion capacity, it will be an honour. We
here at CLT will continue to do our work
of distribution of material but amongst us
we have the expertise to administer such
an institution which was designed to cater
for the Higher Education needs of Africa. 
This will bring with it a huge responsibil-
ity and some rethinking will have to be
done. Many will want to jump on … but
standards must be kept high at all costs.
To achieve this will be a challenge.       ��
CLT applied and received conditional
accreditation in 2000 and continued on
the road of short courses from 2004. Now
Calvary University has asked us to follow
up on their efforts thus far to finalise the
quest of obtaining the apparently neces-
sary holy grail of education: accreditation.
With education nothing is certain but
nothing should be impossible with Christ
because wo trust 100% on His ability as
He in turn expects our availability.
We personally became very negative
about the whole accred thing when we
saw how others also gained the status and
then lost it again. We also saw how
brother turned against brother. We found
that institutions did not apply the rule em-
bedded in the law that requires them to
apply RPL if there is no accreditation.
In all these things we were more than
conquerors through Christ Jesus who
gave us the strength to endure all.
There are so many fakes and crooks in
this world that one has to ensure that
someone’s qualification is legitimate. So
that is the real reason for accreditation: to
ensure quality when you do not know
who you are dealing with. CLT is so well
known that just about everyone in the
Department of Education knows us and
has our number at hand. 
So we are the best people to ask to take
Calvary’s efforts one step further towards
officialdom in the academic world.
Accreditation: CLT asked to investigate for Calvary
The various Phases enable our students
to achieve ever higher goals in life.


Please someone - where on earth is this illusive University ?
All email addresses on their website is returned unknown except the one in
England. And where do you think they referred us to when they eventually answered us :
To mr Paul Banting owner of the South African cc called Calvary academics and also
the big nr 1 and Calvary life Tutors.   The ring has not been closed - there are still some
people out there we need to identify.

Calvery University in SBM brochures

 The following has been copied from a brochure on another of SBM's websites :

http://www.jericho.co.za/sba/courses/index.php

SUNRAY BUSINESS MENTORING: Beauty Faculty
Who or what is Sunray? 
Sunray Beauty Acadmy was a Private Higher Educational Institute, in the process of accreditation by
SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) and CHE (Council on Higher Education) during 2000
and until August 2003. It volutary withdrew from accreditation when better options became apparent as
CHE moved the goalposts by requiring all schools to be evaluated. 

Sunray Business Mentoring International now publishes short-courses for training members in
management. The material and suggested training method is of such high quality that the students can
receive rpl for experience. In other words the work done can be credit-banked towards a Certificate,
Diploma and a Bachelor of Ministry degree at for instance Calvary University. The student studies
through a local School by attending lectures on a part time basis for the first two academic years\'s
courses (Cert and Dipl). During the Bachelor year phase (third academic year) the student is registered
with Calvary University (for instance) and works mainly on his or her own being mentored in close
contact with a tutor. The Sub Campuses are run by qualified degree holders such as attorneys, doctors,
pastors etc. and is registered Tuition Centres of Sunray Business Mentoring centre International. 

This courses are ahead of its time in being based on Objective Directed Learning. It takes the student
through all the doctrines, but from a very practical point of view in order to transform the student in his
or her area of experties. SBMC INT\'L also offers mentoring to a study group for Masters and Doctorate
of Ministry programmes for which students have registered at for instance Calvary University.




It is very evident that CALVERY UNIVERSITY and Calvery academics featured very prominently in marketing material of SBM.  And as we now know the University is bogus and Academics is just a local close corporation with no accreditation whatsoever.  Apparently some students wrote an international matric with them last year under the auspicious of Academics and we will be publishing details of this as we are now tracing these students and will be conducting interviews with them soon.

Copied from their website this morning

Celeste Bruwer 


She is the author of many publications on internationalization concepts and strategies, quality assurance, institutional management, academic mobility, cross-border education, GATS and capacity-building.
In the last 10 years she has taken a leadership role in working with international teams on three regional studies/publications for the SBMOTP, CA and the CU on internationalization of higher education in SOUTH AFRICA.
Currently she is involved with a similar project in Africa.
Dr. Bruwer has been the principal researcher and author of several national and international survey projects on internationalization, including the worldwide surveys by the International Association of Universities.
She is a co-owner at the CELSITEC Institute for Studies in Education, involved with curriculum building at Calvary Academics, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Studies in International Education and the SBM on Higher Education.

Academicals:
1.       Certificate Cosmetology 1992
2.       Diploma Cosmetology 1993
3.       Advanced (teachers) Diploma Cosmetology 2004
4.       Diploma nail technology 1993
5.       Masters (teachers) nail technology 1997
6.       Certificate level 1,2,3, Spa training 2003
7.       Diploma level 1,2,3 Beauty therapy 1993
8.       Advanced Diploma 1,2,3, Beauty therapy City & Guilds 2004
9.       Diploma Expert Negotiator Program – Jack Quinlan & Associates (Ohio State University) 2002
10.     Various Certificates in Beauty product training 1991-current
11.     Diploma Strategic Selling & Execution By Gavin Sharples 1999
12.     Certificate – International School of Ministry 2001
13.     Diploma – International School of Ministry 2002
14.     Associates Degree – Vision University of California 2003
15.     Ministry Diploma – CLT 2003
16.     B.Min. Theology – Calvary University 2004
17.     B.A. Counseling – CQA 2005
18.     M.Min – Calvary University 2008
19.     M. Min Endorsement – Nutrition 2008
20.     Doctorate in Counselling Nutrition and Sexology endorsement– Calvary University – 2009

If only the University existed -this would have been impressive !