Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg. Terms and conditions
Enrolment language courses – Beginning and duration – Conditions of payment
The enrollment in a group-, private- or business course is the conclusion of a contract between the enrolee and Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg. Possible ways for the enrollment are in a written way or via the online-form.
The customer is legally bound to pay the course fee within 14 days or latest at the start of the course. The course fee can be paid either in cash or via bank transfer.
The legal obligation to pay the course fee also persists in case the classes are not or partly visited.
General Terms
One teaching unit is 45 minutes. Most of the teacher at Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg are native speakers . Nevertheless there is no right or claim on a certain teacher. Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg reserves the right to change or replace a teacher during the courses.
Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg always tries to make an effort to reach the planned contents and goals and always tries to prepare the students as reasonable as possible for internal or external exams. Nevertheless Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg takes no responsibility whatsoever that the students reach a certain level at a certain time or pass any exam.
The amount of the course fee correlates with the duration of the course, not with the achievement of a certain language level.
On public holidays courses do not take place. There is no additional appointment for those classes and the customer has no right to a refund or a partly refund.
Sprachschule Aktiv reserves the right to classify students, even if they have booked a different level, into the level that fits to their actual skill. This classification results from a certified placement test. This special classification does not give the customer the right to extraordinarily terminate the contract.
The prices of Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg do not include the German sales tax. As an educational institution we are exempt from value added tax.
Cancelation of contract and special terms
The customer has, within 14 days after conclusion of contract, the right to cancel it without any reasons. The cancelation needs to be made in writing and the clear verbalization, that the customer would like to cancel the contract.
In case the course has already started within the 14 days cancelation time limit, a withdrawal or cancelation is no longer possible and the total amount of the course is due.
In case the contract has been made in the school with the signed application form, the customer does not have the right to cancel the contract.
The withdrawal or cancelation can either be made via e-mail to the following address: nuernberg@sprachschule-aktiv.de or by mail to the following address: Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg, Winklerstraße 12, 90403 Nürnberg. After the 14 days of cancelation time limit a withdrawal from the contract is no longer possible. The booking of the language courses is made for a predetermined period of time respectively a predetermined number of lessons (teaching units) for private or inhouse courses.
In case the student is not able to attend to the class, he has no right to attend to an extra meeting or lesson or a partial refund of the paid course fee.
The student has, after attending to the first lesson (trial lesson = 45 minutes) at the beginning of the course, the right to cancel the contract. The cancelation needs to be made in writing within 24 hours after the trial lesson and does not require any reasons.
If the student decides to continue with the course, the trial lesson is a part of the booked contingent and not free.
Sprachschule Aktiv can, in exceptional cases, decide to change the teacher. This does not allow the student to cancel the course.
Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg reserves the right to postpone a course in case the necessary number of participants (4 persons) is not reached, until it is reached.
Absence does not count as deregistration and does not free the student from the legal obligation to pay the course fee.
In case the student does not show up to the course anymore or declares that he will not continue with the course, the total amount of the course fee is due at once.
In case of a paying by installments the whole agreement loses validity, if one of the due rates is not paid. In that case the total amount of the course fee is due at once.
Special terms for visacourses:
During registration, the customer must specifically state that the registration is made for a Visa course.
A Visa course is every course that enables the recipient of the course confirmation to apply for any Visa at any responsible government authority.Special regulations for visa courses: for the registration for language courses that are required for obtaining a visa, the following terms apply:
Eligible for refund (deducting a 250 € administrative fee) if both of the following requirements are met:
1. I have informed Sprachschule Aktiv in written form and before the course start that I will not be able to attend the course as planned because I will not be in Germany in time to start the course.
AND
2. I have presented the official notice of rejection within four months after the initial date of the course start.
Not eligible for refund if at least one of the following points applies:
1. I have not informed Sprachschule Aktiv in written form that I will not attend the course.
OR
2. I have not presented the official notice of rejection within four months after the initial course start.
If your visa application is rejected by the responsible authorities, you are eligible for a refund of the amount paid, deducting a 250 € administrative fee, if the official notice of rejection is presented within a four month period after the initial course start. The customer is only eligible for a refund if Sprachschule Aktiv was informed about the deferral in written form before the initial course start.
If the course can not be attended as defined in the course confirmation, Sprachschule Aktiv has to be informed in written form before the date of the course start.
If Sprachschule Aktiv has not been informed, the customer is not eligible for a refund, even if the official rejection letter is presented at a later point in time.
If the customer informs Sprachschule Aktiv in written form about a deferral of the visa application process before the initial date of the course start, the customer may postpone the course start for up to four months without any further costs.
If the visa is rejected after the initial date of the course start, the official notice of rejection must be presented within a 4 month period after the initial date of the course start in order to be eligible for a refund of the prepayment.
Effective for all registrations for Visa courses from 04.09.2019 onwards.
Telc exam cancelation
The registration and enrolment for a telc exam is binding and the legal obligation to pay is still valid, even if the participant does not take part in the exam. If the participant is sick on the exam day, there is the possibility of a cancelation with a doctor’s certificate. In that case a cancelation fee in the amount of 80.00 € is due at once.
Special terms for private and inhouse course
When booking a private or inhouse course, the starting time of the lessons can be agreed on directly with the teacher or the administration of Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg.
The booked contingent is defined for at least one month after booking, areal and temporally.
In case the customer does not attend to the classes, there is no right for a replacement or refund of the course fee. Moreover there is no right to cancel a booked course after the cancelation time has run out, if the customer or the company does not want to attned the lessons any longer.
In case the student is not able to take part in an appointed meeting, the teacher or Sprachschule Aktiv have to be informed until latest 24 hours before the class starts, either written or by telefone to postpone the class.
In case the class is canceled within 24 hours before the appointment, there is no right to another lesson.
For each meeting with private or inhouse courses the customer is obliged to book at lease two teaching units.
Booked teaching units have to be claimed within one year. Teaching units, that have not been claimed, expire one year after the contract was made.
There is no refund of booked teaching units.
Special terms for low number of participants:
In case an intensive course has less than 7 participants, the course hours will, on equal terms of payment, be shortened from 4 teaching units to 3 teaching units.
In case an intensive course has 2-3 participants, 2 teaching units per day, 45 minutes each, will be held on equal terms of payment.
If the number of participants is too low, Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg reserves the right to annul or postpone the course. In that case, the students will be informed duly.
After notice of the annulment or postponement, the customer has, within a 5 day time limit, the right to cancel the course. This legally relevant act has to made in writing.
In case the participant does not declare anything within five days, he will automatically be registered for the next course, that takes place.
Disclaimer:
Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg does not take any legal liability for customers damages, accidents or injuries in, or on the way from or forth the language school.
Likewise Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg does not take any legal liability for theft or burglary and damages of property within the school. Sprachschule Aktiv Nürnberg does not take any legal liability for material damages, no matter what kind, that arise from transfer of knowledge.