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For some, even fake degrees are also an asset
The craze among many youngsters to acquire professional degrees has led to mushrooming of educational shops here. For some, a degree in engineering is a matter of prestige while for others, it is a
Read More »Counterfeit degrees and documents in the Philippines
If you don't have the time, inclination and, more importantly, the money to go to university in Manila, you can still get a degree. It will cost you between $US10 and $US60, it will
Read More »Fake qualifications industry expands into lucrative new areas
Degrees from Western universities have become so prized in China in recent years that degree mills and fake certificate producers have mushroomed, making the country one of the world’s major producers of bogus degrees
Read More »2,500 ‘fake’ schools to be shut in Maharashtra
The state government on Friday announced its decision to shut down 2,500 schools and register criminal cases against the principals and management heads for faking attendance of students for years. The schools were found with
Read More »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
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