General News of Tuesday, 5 June 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgEstablish national qualifications board to check fake certificates - Peter Nortsu-KotoeMr Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, Ranking Member on Education and MP for Akatsi NorthParliament on Tuesday took strong exception to the proliferation of fake academic qualifications in the country and agreed on the need to establish a National Qualifications Board to fight the canker. He regretted that the confidence in, and the genuineness of Ghanaian certificates is being eroded by the emergence of fake certificates being awarded at various levels, adding that, ”quite a number of people are not ready to study to obtain certificates, but are ready to pay people to write examinations on their behalf or buy fake certificates. Also, a recruitment exercise carried by the security agencies last year and this year revealed that a sizeable number of applicants presented fake certificates, even with birth certificates. Dr Abdul Rashid Pelpuo, MP for Wa Central urged the National Accreditation Board to put in place measures to check the menace. He said despite Ghana being a developing country, it is necessary to take the issue more seriously and not only withdraw fake certificates but to criminalise the act and punish offenders accordingly.

Source: GhanaWeb June 05, 2018 18:45 UTC