Report: One in 20 jobseekers have fake degrees
Akhbar found that up to 7 per cent of people investigated had fake degrees while between 10 per cent and 15 per cent had degrees from unaccredited universities. — Reuters pic
Akhbar’s revelation was in response to an Al-Jareeza 101 East documentary that found a company in Pakistan called Axact to be a degree mill from which jobseekers bought fake qualifications including doctorate and master’s degrees. In the documentary, thousands of those with dubious qualifications were found to be working as doctors, nurses, teachers and engineers in South-East Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
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