Can you discontinue a study program prematurely?

Questioner

Dear Sir/Madam, Through this letter I would like to draw your attention to the following. In July 2019, I started a study at a training course. Unfortunately, the study could not be combined with my work and I had to stop the study in the meantime. The training course responded negatively to this and indicated that termination of a study can be done once a year, and then only 2 months before the end of the academic year. Based on my registration date. I also called the customer service of the training course and filed a complaint online, to which I received the same answer. I wonder if this is legal and if you have no rights as a customer. In the meantime, I have also lost my job due to corona and it is now impossible for me to bear the costs for an extra year. I hope that based on the above you can clarify my rights and obligations. Yours sincerely,

Lawyer

Yes, but the termination and the reason are not related to corona. However, payment problems resulting from Corona can be a reason to be more flexible with payment arrangements. For every termination between a student and a study instructor, the first can always withdraw the assignment by paying the actual damage suffered, for example lost profit. This does not include not received or not used study material because that can be returned, furthermore your place must not have been filled by someone else because then the instructor does not suffer any damage.