Fake degrees in Indonesia

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Gert Potgieter, Aug 25, 2002.

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  1. Indonesians have no qualms about buying fake degrees.

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    • Indonesians are crazy about academic degrees and will spend money to get fake ones, prompting top educators and politicians to suggest a crackdown ...

      Many Indonesians admit openly that they have no problem with spending money for the right to insert Dr or MBA alongside their names. A top bureaucrat at a Jakarta municipal agency who admitted to The Sunday Times that he bought a fake doctorate for around US$1,200, said: 'I did it to advance my career. Since I bought it in 1996, I have been promoted twice already.' ...

      Vice-President Hamzah Haz is the most prominent example of a high-level official who has acknowledged openly, in published interviews, to having paid for his title of 'Dr'. His degree from the American World University reportedly cost US$2,000 (S$3,500) in 1998.
     

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