PETALING JAYA: One’s academic achievements may open doors in politics but in the private sector, it is considered a disciplinary issue that warrants i...
: One’s academic achievements may open doors in politics but in the private sector, it is considered a disciplinary issue that warrants immediate dismissal.
However, it is difficult for employers to determine if a university degree is genuine or otherwise due to the lack of cooperation from local institutions of higher learning. Recently, Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Marzuki Yahya came under fire for claiming that he had a degree from the University of Cambridge but it turned out that his degree was from the Cambridge International University, a degree mill based in the United States.
Shamsuddin urged the government to set up a central system to enable easy retrieval, authentication and verification of academic credentials to help employers determine if potential employees were truthful about their qualifications.
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