4000 fake degrees claimed to be issued at university of Zululand in Empangeni over the past of 20 years.
Over past 20 years now massive fake degrees
have been issued to not deserving
students as many as 4000 .According to Sunday times reporters the university
which is approximately 16,000 students proposed an investigation into all postgraduate
degrees in law ,business management, public administration and educational at
an extraordinary Senate meeting .It seems like these students had people who sold
them degrees, the scandal is believed to be happened or taken place on
university expanded campuses in Kwa-Dlangwezwa and Richard bay.
The latest scam involved between 400
and 500 fake degrees for teaching qualifications,
sources on the campuses said that as many as 4000 people had bought their
academic qualifications since 1985 .this situation was firstly reported but it
was not taken seriously and the matter was left hanging because of shortage of
evidence
Two university employees were which is an
internal investigation officer and examination officials were suspended at work
for allegedly involved in such corruption. The investigation officer said that
more than two individuals were being involved. SAA border chairwoman Dudu Myeni
was grilled fir claims that she had a BA degree from university. Myeni later clarified that she was still studying towards
degree ,five stuff members were
suspended for allegedly accepting bribes to alters student records. This type
of corruption is negatively impact those who did the scam .It was allegedly that the students bribed
university officials to obtain their
entrance exams. Former student told Sunday times he had doctored the results.
Although it’s not illegal to buy or make
fake diplomas it’s considered of fraud
if you try to pass them off real .if you submit fake diplomas to potential employer or to college admissions
council you are lying about something that people need to know about. People
are not buying fake degrees now more than ever. Fake credentials have become a
global problem.
The
national student clearinghouse, NGO offer a degree verification service,
reports that satisfied academic. Buying totally a fake academic certificate is
only part of problems .Those who have
degrees may falsify their academic transcripts is made easier by availability
by of sophisticated technology Higher
education is highly sought after provides a measure of status and improve the
education. It is clear that corruption in South Africa is big even in
educational they do corruption .Corruption like this may cause a decline in
economy activities. This needs to be stopped all of those involved in things
like must be arrested before the damage is big.
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