Sesi Christinah Mtshweni (41), a former student at the Nkangala Tvet College expresses disappointment after results mix-up at her former school.

Sesi was a student at the college in 2007, where she was doing her Level Two studies in Office Administration. According to her she saw on the school noticeboard that she had passed all her modules that year.

She went on to register for her studies again the following years, until she completed her N6.

Sesi said that she only received her certificates around 2012, and she was employed at the time.

When she lost her job, that’s when everything started to unravel. She told the Middelburg Observer that she struggled to find employment and even started volunteering.

She added that she always wondered why she never got call back from the companies she applied to until one of those companies called her and informed her that there was something wrong with her qualification.

It left her confused, as far as she was aware she had completed all of her studies. She then went to the Department of Education head office to enquire, where she was informed that she had failed a module during her Level two studies.

She was surprised by this because as far as she knew there was no way she failed, because if that was the case, she wouldn’t have managed to register for her Level Three studies.

She was then advised to go back to her college and ask for a statement of her results.

When she got there she was given a student academic history form which showed all the modules she did in the past, and it indicated that she had not failed the said module.

The campus manager then promised her that an investigation would be launched with the department regarding her matter.

She was then forwarded a statement of her results from the department which were completely different from what she was given at the college.

The results indicated that she had failed the said module.

She said she was informed that she will have to register for the module again, since she had failed.

Sesi added that she was shocked because of the confusion between the results she received from the college and the ones from the department.

The results for all the modules from the department were all different in terms of marks, they did not match what is on her student academic history form.

“This has upset me so much, because it means I will have to study all over again for another year with no funding, while unemployed, after almost over 16 years since I have completed my studies or so I thought,” she said .

She further expressed that she is even more disappointed in the fact that she had to suffer the consequences of an error she was not a part of, and that this mistake has put her life completely on hold.

Sesi now feels caught up in the middle as she says both parties are pointing fingers at the other, and none of them wish to acknowledge who is at fault.

“ If it wasn’t for that company making me aware of this, I would have gone through life just assuming I was not being hired because of some other reason, and not because I have an outstanding module. I want to make other students aware of such issues, so they don’t find themselves in the same situation I now find myself,” Sesi added.

She said she wants to urge other students or former students to pay close attention to mistakes of this nature and ensure that they print their results every semester so they don’t put their future in jeopardy.

At the time of going to print, the Middelburg Observer had contacted the Department of Education for comment, and awaiting a reply.

Nkangala Tvet College was contacted for comment, however, no response was received.