Malicious Belford Lawsuit

Even though online education has been benefiting people worldwide for the last one decade now and has churned out some remarkably valuable human resource for a wide range of professions, it unfortunately still seems to be facing apprehensions from the ardent supporters of the traditional education system.

In such a scenario it is but expected that there are certain groups of people who stand severely firm against the concept of life experience degrees altogether. Let us analyze as to whom can they possibly be? Well, for starters it could the traditional on-campus educational institutions who are left way behind in the race as when a student can study at his own pace, convenience and much affordably in comparison, it is seldom that they would opt for a university or a high school two hours far from their homes on the expense of getting late for work, as in today’s fast paced world it is unlikely to come across full-time students anymore or leaving their kids unattended and the list goes on.

Secondly the naysayers to online education and life experience degrees could be educationists who may find themselves out of job due to the online classroom feature offered by most of the leading online universities and high schools and if they are not ‘tech-savvy’, they are automatically ‘out of the circle’.

To this point, it was given as to what sources is most probable of being against online life experience degrees and online education on the whole, however we bet that you could not have guessed the latest ‘enemy camp’  being the the lawsuits!

We have recently come across a press release stating as to how a leading online life experience conferring high school – Belford has been their new scapegoat. Apparently a law firm of small stature recently set up by the name of Googasian P.C. has filed a class action against Belford High School declaring that ‘they are selling unaccredited diplomas’ and that ‘profit schools offering education to adults with High School diplomas and GEDs are big business in the United States’.

First and foremost, let us assure you that if anything else, Belford should not simply have been accused as yet another ‘profit school in the US’ as it is accredited by not just one but two prestigious accreditation agencies for on-line education, the International Accreditation Agency for Online Universities (IAAOU) and the Universal Council for Online Education Accreditation (UCOEA).  These accrediting agencies aim to promote high quality online education, having extensively evaluated and accredited various reputable online educational institutions on the basis of the standards they maintain for their educational services. Surprisingly Googasian P.C. has not even bothered to look up their case in depth before irresponsibly having filed a case against Belford that does not function under the US jurisdiction in the first place. Only because they hold a post box address in Texas does not qualify them into a US based entity as ultimately their diplomas are proven to be delivered by the UAE.

The press release also mentioned that the law firm in question is still on high on the success it tasted recently, having won a case over a local university. Their week homework on the Belford case only suggests as to how they are in for some more easy bucks this time round too.  We are afraid they might also be unaware of the fact that Belford’s Terms & Conditions and even the information given on the TOS page of its official site only works in the favor of Belford even if by the farthest of chance Googasian P.C. does manage to prove it to be a body operating in the US.

Having analyzed the scenario of the Belfrod Lawsuit so far, it appears to be a waste of time and energy for Googasian P.C. while Belford on the contrary enjoys the free publicity.