Innova Schools qualifies as an illegal resolution of Indecopi

The network of private schools Innova Schools described as illegal the resolution issued by the Consumer Protection Commission 2 of Indecopi, where it is ordered to return the entrance fee and enrollment of a student.

“The published resolution surprises us, since it is held that we had to regulate the existence of COVID-19 in our 2018 contracts, which is not only impossible, but is also illegal, by pretending that rules are applied retroactively” , said the educational institution in a statement.

“On the other hand, this resolution contradicts other decisions by Indecopi itself, which in similar cases have proved our institution right,” he added.

In addition, he stressed that they have recognized returns for entry fees and tuition fees to more than 1,000 families who made their application and those that legally corresponded to them.

Finally, Innova Schools indicates that it will continue to exercise its right to defense within the legal framework.

About Indecopi’s resolution against Innova Schools

The Consumer Protection Commission No. 2 of Indecopi ordered, this Friday, December 17, to the company Colegios Peruanos SA (Innova Schools) to return to a mother of a family the money paid for admission fee and registration of your child, after verifying the breach of the contracted service.

In that sense, the agreed agreement that was not completed was the change of modality of the student from face-to-face to virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So the mother decided to withdraw her little one from the aforementioned educational entity in April 2020.

“Although the parties had agreed that the payments for the entrance fee and registration would not be refundable, they did not establish the burdens and obligations that they would assume in the event of an extraordinary or unforeseeable event, such as the pandemic.” Indecopi said in a statement.