Unaccredited Universities: Fake Degrees and False Promises
"Ask for the flag, even in China". A saying doesn't mean a specific country, but the pursuit of knowledge despite distances, so if some people want to complete their education and are motivated to apply to any foreign university, it is imperative that it be accredited, accredited, and correct before it ends up in ink on paper, or a false degree from a fake university, and for that matter:
Many social media sites and many employee emails are filled with advertisements in which foreign universities offer their features, and their simple fees, in exchange for an individual completing his or her graduate studies, obtaining a degree, qualifying him or her for promotion, or another prestigious job, whereas these universities are fake, have nothing to do with science, education, and are not credible, based on cheating and bullying, seeking only material gain, In light of the fact that these or those foreign universities with advertising, are not recognized in the state, and are not accredited by their competent authorities, and have a list of reputable foreign universities, they actually allow their students to get a genuine, genuinely useful, undisputed degree. A study by the French Centre for Research and Studies in the Economy of Education (IREDU-CNRS) has shown that the trade in fake and fake academic certificates has expanded amid a growing trend of university education globalisation, an upsurge in information and communication technology, as well as a social media boom that has eliminated distances and dropped many security safeguards.
Foreign universities are empty or inadequate, fake certificates, false features, their advertisements have made a prominent reality on websites and phones, through messages they continue to send for self-promotion, while some coordinate behind what they propose, from reduced fees that go beyond the physical capacity of the individual, and sophisticated streams and contradictions, requiring attention, avoiding falling into the trap of paying useless money, to acquire useless knowledge, And acquire a useless testimony, which involves the following investigation:
Dr. Issa Saleh Hamadi, Director of the Arab Education Center for the Gulf States and lecturer at the University of Sharjah, begins his presentation underlining the importance of putting academic accreditation at the forefront of their priorities for students wishing to enter higher education for the master's and doctoral level as well as the bachelor's level, in order to link accreditation with the system of quality standards approved by the relevant state institutions, In issuing the accreditation of the certificate awarded to students from within and outside the State, stating: The degree obtained by a student will have an impact on the development of his or her future, and on raising the level of qualifications in the labour market or in academic work itself, if the accreditation indicates the recognition by the institution concerned that the academic university programs meet the specified and accepted standards of the accreditation body, Hence the need to provide and secure effective systems for students in line with the academic standards set by the relevant state body, the Academic Accreditation Commission, with relevant institutions such as the Ministry of Education and Universities.
Academic accreditation is the process of legitimizing the certificate that will be awarded to a student by the relevant accreditation body, based on its approved standards and standards, in accordance with procedures, instructions, and controls declared, clear, and prior, applied to the donor institution of the student to reflect its importance in the service of society without him, and as is known, the absence of these standards and controls increases the performance chaos gap, Such practices will ultimately harm educational standards and quality, while also undermining the protection and service of society. Academic accreditation, by contrast, seeks to improve and serve society through the highest international standards in education, recognising that education is the foundation of genuine social progress.
If academic accreditation is the basis for protecting the student from educational chaos, wasted effort, time and anxiety, the first steps for students wishing to attend foreign universities are to ensure from the institution concerned that this university as well as the college, and in particular the academic program for their specialization at the university, is accredited by the relevant state body, the Ministry of Education, by returning and contacting the relevant department within the Ministry, Ask questions to ensure that the university wishing to be admitted abroad is on its list of accredited universities and that a declaration from the Ministry of Education is required, indicating the approval of the Ministry for the student to study in this discipline at the university where he wishes to study. This declaration is a guarantee of recognition and prior accreditation by the State accreditation body of the student's certificate if he complies with the terms, procedures and regulations; The function of the State Academic Accreditation Board is to ensure the quality of the academic program the student wishes to enroll in, to help him determine the institution that will achieve his or her ambition, to establish quality standards for the award of certificates and licenses that allow him or her to pursue the profession, to evaluate degree courses, and not to forget that this helps him or her achieve his or her aspirations and future advancement, It also contributes to protecting society from deviation that hinders desired academic competence.
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It is necessary to provide clear and public solutions to the issue of admission to universities, educational institutions, and special academic graduate programs within and outside the State, to protect those wishing to enroll in such programs and institutions from aspirants to a bright future in the light of science and knowledge, and to protect them from clashes with the fact that the relevant body in the State does not accept certificates, and subsequent frustration, loss of effort and time, and costs of study, From these solutions, it is also necessary to disseminate a culture of academic accreditation and its need to raise awareness among graduate students through the relevant body, through an online brochure, or through the completion of an academic accreditation platform that includes a list of universities, accredited educational programs, terms, instructions, questionnaires, and all procedures and facilities related to those procedures. Establish a mechanism whereby an electronic file is prepared for each student studying abroad at his or her own expense, and the course of the student's studies is monitored to ensure compliance with the conditions and controls, in coordination with the cultural annexes, embassies, university or college where the student is studying abroad, so that a continuous periodic or quarterly report is submitted, including the student's commitment to continuing studies and fulfilling his or her postgraduate requirements, and fulfilling all required; It is also committed to the university's requirements for obtaining the degree it aspires to, and to follow up on its certifications electronically from the college, then the university, then the Ministry of Higher Education abroad, then the cultural attachment, or the Emirati embassy, and finally the relevant body in the state.
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And here, according to counselor Dr. Abdullah Salem bin Hamoud, member of the Sharjah City Council and advisor to the Sharjah Heritage Institute, member of the advisory council of the two universities of Sharjah and Ajman. Completing studies and obtaining undergraduate and postgraduate degrees is the dream of every successful aspirant. Despite its high costs and the amount of effort put in its way, it is a goal of self-realization, a goal of improving social status, and a way to promote career. What has driven many jobseekers, employees and individuals in general, to look for the best available opportunities for academic and professional degrees to accomplish this, especially in our current situation, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, towards distance learning, what has saved effort, effort and money, an opportunity that may not be repeated for everyone and for employees in particular, in the pressures of work and life in our time, but on the other hand, in the broader virtual world, and taking advantage of the current situation, Recently, the Internet and social media have become increasingly crowded with advertisements for universities and international educational institutes, as well as advertisements for formal, online or distance education, which offer or offer a variety of educational programs for vocational qualifications or college education stages, amidst these professional and academic needs, and in light of this tremendous momentum of advertisements and invitations, many advertisements have appeared, Fraudulent invitations and fraudulent phony sites that offer unapproved or fake professional and university degrees, to find out from these researchers and employees who are eager to complete their studies, or to improve their position to the top of their class, and a target at hand, weave their net around them, and draw their phony dreams for them, so they end up bankrupt with money and dreams.
These illusory factories are fake educational institutions, institutes and universities, they have no real academic facilities, they have no real professional or academic staff, and the projects and tests that you do, if any, are projects, and only imagery tests are done online, so that students can get their professional and academic degrees in a short period of time without offering real academic education, similar to what accredited universities offer. Noting that the Ministries of Education and Higher Education have defined the conditions for the equivalence of certificates issued by educational institutions within the State and abroad, most importantly, that they are issued by educational institutions accredited by them, and for their comparison with the educational level in the State, ensuring the validity of these qualifications, the accreditation of the institution granting the qualification, and the extent to which the qualification meets the applicable and internationally recognized standards, And there are other conditions that guarantee the credibility of these educational institutions and the accreditation of their professional and academic degrees, and despite the ongoing local and international awareness of the danger of these institutions and the risk of conformity behind them, many thirsty for degrees or knowledge still fall victim to them, so we hope that all prospective students complete their professional and academic studies, without conformity behind the phony advertisements of such institutions, Researching and verifying their credibility and credentials before entering them, the relevant ministries of the state have put in the effort and guaranteed to provide that data to those who want to protect their children from fraud in this regard.
Cheating on yourself .
And then Dr. Professor Abdullah Hassan at the University of the UAE, what we heard in recent days about being arrested in Kuwait by someone of Arab nationality who forged university degrees and sold them to a large number of people, some of whom hold prestigious positions, and about the Saudi authorities arresting a man and his daughter from one of the Arab countries, they also sold fake university degrees to many people in Saudi Arabia, some of whom foresee big jobs. He said, "People seeking to get a college degree without making a real scientific effort to get a degree, that's what encouraged these scammers to create fake universities and sell fake certificates.
That's why I advise researchers of fake university degrees to fear God in themselves, in their community, and not offer to buy these certificates, where the person is cheating on themselves and around them, and I also advise people who want to go to college not to cheat on the advertisements about the universities they see on the websites, but they should contact the Ministry of Education, which has a list of recognized universities, on the ministry's website.
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Sami A Nour, an information security consultant, and an expert in individual performance analysis and development, speaks of the fact that fake universities do not exist on the ground, or they may be registered companies, but they are not accredited by the government bodies concerned with accreditation, do not offer content that suits the so-called education, and perhaps do not provide content from the ground up, so that the whole thing may be just formulas for establishing an educational stamp as a demand for projects, research, the main goal of which is to capture the money of dreamers and aspirants.
He says: Many individuals seek to continually improve their lives, whether immediately after graduating from high school or many years later and look forward to keeping up with the pace of scientific modernity which in turn is reflected in giving them additional advantages both materially and functionally. And with the pressures of work, the limited time available to these people, most of them working long hours and some of them raising their children, they may not have time to go to a real university, or the high cost of education may be hindered, especially in the Gulf countries, so these enthusiasts turn to online universities, and here comes the role of these fake universities, which pretend to them that they will learn in a short period of time, To reduce costs and accelerate their achievement of their desired goals and argue that they take years of experience into account! That's why the period is shortened and maybe they get a degree without studying, even just on graduation, so the surprise after entering this university is that they give a fake degree or suddenly disappear, and it's certain that the amount of psychological damage caused by this fraud can only heal years bitterly and unforgettably, how these dreams evaporate without around them, without strength and material loss, and their hopes go up and get a degree in wind turning. Not because of their lack of competence, but because they don't have paper. The negative repercussions are not only concentrated on the individual level, but also on the economic level, as this money could go to real scientists who have a role in human resource development and research in practice, while the holder of a fake certificate contributes to the detriment of work productivity if his or her skills and expertise are lacking.
The solution is basically up to the state, the education stakeholders, and also the universities that are still too late to meet people's needs for smart education, and if it's imposed through Corona,
It is up to the individual to verify and distrust empty labels such as "International Academy", "World Academy", or foreign labels of universities, as well as to inform the authorities immediately about receiving a fake offer, and warn friends around him to spoil interest.
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According to a report by UNESCO, it has become difficult to verify the validity of advertisements from online universities, and that students from developing countries are most willing and willing to buy university degrees for sale on the online market. Studies have also shown that the countries most in demand for such education and certificates are China, Colombia, Nigeria, Armenia and the Gulf states. And so ⁇ according to Dr. Abdullah bin Hamoud – it turns out that we are one of the main targets, first and foremost, in the marketing and polarization processes of these fictitious academic institutions, because of the rapid development and continuous renewal of state institutions, and the urgent need for scientific and professional certificates to keep up with that renewal and development. Also one of the reasons we're being targeted by these institutions is the inability of local academic institutions to accommodate the growing number of students.
Source: Al Khaleej