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SINGAPORE: Singapore universities and polytechnics have checks in place to screen the academic qualifications of foreign applicants for its jobs and scholarships.
Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said these include those who seek admission into their degree and diploma programmes.
The strict processes have enabled the institutions to detect fake degrees in the past.
For example, Dr Ng said in 2007, the National University of Singapore detected two undergraduate applicants and two postgraduate applicants who had tampered with their transcripts.
These students either withdrew their application when confronted, or had their candidature terminated immediately.
The education minister disclosed this in a written reply to parliamentary questions raised by Nominated MP, Associate Professor Kalyani Mehta.
Professor Mehta had wanted to know what has been done to verify resumes and academic degrees of new foreign talent applicants for jobs and scholarships here.
Dr Ng said these applicants are required to produce original certificates for verification, and the school may also contact the degree-awarding institution or the applicant's previous employer to verify their details.
The universities and polytechnics also typically recruit international students and potential employees from overseas institutions which they are familiar with. - CNA/vm
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