Parliamentary Report From The Malaysian Star
Parliament
Tuesday April 4, 2006
Most Fake Degrees From Abroad
MOST fake degrees in the country were MAs, MBAs, PhDs and honorary doctorates obtained overseas and via the Internet.
Higher Education Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Datuk Dr Adham Baba said although they had not received any official complaint on the matter, they were monitoring the situation.
He said the public could check the authenticity of degrees via the Public Service Department website.
“We currently recognise 25,236 courses from 55 countries,” he said at the Parliament lobby yesterday.
He said the National Accreditation Board had also been asked to strengthen its links with its foreign counterparts to overcome this problem.
Dr Adham said the ministry would make use if its collaboration with the British-based National Academic Recitations Information Centre (Naric) to monitor the authenticity of e-learning courses.
Naric contained information on higher education products from 180 countries.
“We will be able to check whether a particular e-learning university is giving out genuine degrees or otherwise,” he said.
He was asked about how the Government was monitoring e-learning or distance learning activities via the Internet.
Earlier, in the Dewan, Dr Adham said it was not easy for the Government to establish the authenticity of a particular e-learning course.
“This is why it is important for us to consult the Unesco/OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross Border Higher Education and Naric,” he said.
Dr Adham said the Government also relied on the Guidelines and Naric as well as the Lisbon Convention on transparency and procedures on academic qualifications to check on fake degrees.
Tuesday April 4, 2006
Most Fake Degrees From Abroad
MOST fake degrees in the country were MAs, MBAs, PhDs and honorary doctorates obtained overseas and via the Internet.
Higher Education Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Datuk Dr Adham Baba said although they had not received any official complaint on the matter, they were monitoring the situation.
He said the public could check the authenticity of degrees via the Public Service Department website.
“We currently recognise 25,236 courses from 55 countries,” he said at the Parliament lobby yesterday.
He said the National Accreditation Board had also been asked to strengthen its links with its foreign counterparts to overcome this problem.
Dr Adham said the ministry would make use if its collaboration with the British-based National Academic Recitations Information Centre (Naric) to monitor the authenticity of e-learning courses.
Naric contained information on higher education products from 180 countries.
“We will be able to check whether a particular e-learning university is giving out genuine degrees or otherwise,” he said.
He was asked about how the Government was monitoring e-learning or distance learning activities via the Internet.
Earlier, in the Dewan, Dr Adham said it was not easy for the Government to establish the authenticity of a particular e-learning course.
“This is why it is important for us to consult the Unesco/OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross Border Higher Education and Naric,” he said.
Dr Adham said the Government also relied on the Guidelines and Naric as well as the Lisbon Convention on transparency and procedures on academic qualifications to check on fake degrees.
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