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Beware of Degree, Diploma and Accreditation Mills
When students start their search for colleges and universities offering higher education and training, they often come across degree and diploma mills. A diploma mill is a fraudulent business that deceives you by pretending
Read More »Fake degree scam: HC hands over case to CBI
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to hand over investigations of the fake degree scam, involving a Kangra-based BEd College, to the CBI. The order comes
Read More »Six jailed for forging certificates
A mobile court jailed for two years six persons on charge of forging certificates and selling those to people at capital's Uttara on Thursday. Executive magistrate AHM Anwar Pasha aided by a team of Rapid
Read More »Science of Scams: Fake Homeland Security Schools Surface
If you can’t trust a teacher, then who can you trust? A private lawsuit filed by a student of a so-called “Homeland Security Training School” in late March 2012 draws attention a growing problem
Read More »Avoid a Phony College Degree and Diploma Mill
Believe it or not, there are many phony college degrees given from diploma mills available through the Internet. How do you avoid a diploma mill? Is there any organization that exists for online learning
Read More »18 PRCs arrested for faking documents to enter Korean universities
Police in Gyeongggi Province have booked two Chinese brokers and 18 students for faking documents to enter Korean universities and are widening their investigation to find more such cases. The 20 people were booked without
Read More »Fake nursing schools expose authorities’ incompetence
The mushrooming growth of unauthenticated private nursing schools in the metropolis has raised questions over the performance of health authorities besides exposing their lethargy, Daily Times has learnt. These nursing schools, which claim to
Read More »Certificate racket: 2 edu board superintendents among 5 held
Acting on a tip-off, the city police on Sunday arrested five people for allegedly printing and selling fake certificates and marksheets for Classes VIII and X of the Punjab State Education Board. With the
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