Authorities to crack down on fake degree holders.Byline: Abdul Rahman Shaheen, Correspondent Riyadh: In the wake of the reported fake degree scam involving GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). citizens, Saudi Arabia's educational authorities announced that holders of university degrees will be subjected to strict scrutiny A standard of Judicial Review for a challenged policy in which the court presumes the policy to be invalid unless the government can demonstrate a compelling interest to justify the policy. to ascertain whether their certificates are original or fake. Speaking to Gulf News, sources at the Ministry of Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. said that only those certificates that fulfil the academic standards and criteria will be endorsed by the ministry. The ministry's clarifications came following a recent report carried by the American newspaper The Spokesman-Review about blacklisting of 69 Saudis by the US Department of Justice for holding fake US academic certificates allegedly bought from non-accredited institutions. According to the report, the blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list. (2) A list of Web sites that are considered off limits or dangerous. also included citizens from other Gulf Arab states, who allegedly purchased fake degrees from a "degree mill" based in Washington. Dr Mohammad Al Auhali, undersecretary at the Ministry of Higher Education, told Gulf News that the ministry is verifying the authenticity of the US list, especially those concerned with the academic staff members working with Saudi universities. Meanwhile, the Shoura Council member Dr Qadi Al Oqaili, who earlier raised the issue in the Shoura, said that it is "very easy" to find out those working with counterfeit certificates in the government sector. Al Nisr Publishing Al Nisr Publishing is a company based in Dubai, UAE. The company is a part of Al Tayer Group. It was established in 1985 by Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. It employs 1,050 people and has branches in Manilla, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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