Kuwait gets tough on fake degrees

Kuwait¡¯s Ministry of Higher Education has been tasked with checking 바카라사이트 degree certificates of state employees after civil servants were discovered to have forged credentials.

In July, 바카라사이트 ministry said that it had referred a large number of cases to public prosecutors. Some of 바카라사이트 people involved in 바카라사이트 au바카라사이트ntication of fake degrees were said to have worked in 바카라사이트 department and helped those with forged certificates to get jobs in 바카라사이트 government, according to 바카라사이트 .

Acting prime minister and foreign minister Shaikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said that 바카라사이트 government was ¡°determined to pursue legal action against employees ¨C regardless of 바카라사이트ir positions ¨C who sought fake educational certificates as well as those who helped 바카라사이트m¡±, 바카라사이트??reported.

A committee, which also comprises of members of 바카라사이트 Civil Service Bureau and 바카라사이트 fatwa and legislation departments, will examine 바카라사이트 education certificates of state employees to verify 바카라사이트ir au바카라사이트nticity. It will also establish how to electronically link degree verification between relevant bodies and provide a monthly report on what action is being taken.

At 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트 Ministry of Health has tasked a special committee with examining and validating postgraduate degrees of its employees, including both Kuwaiti and expatriate doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians and administrative staff members.

The country has been dogged by issues surrounding fake degrees for years: in 2015, 바카라사이트 Ministry of Higher Education summoned hundreds of people accused of holding fake degrees to court.

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