Saeed Al-Suraihi Okaz The Ministry of Higher Education has repeatedly warned that university certificates presented by government employees should not be accredited unless they have been issued by recognized universities. Though lack of recognition does not in any way undermine the educational prowess of these universities, it is an administrative requirement of the ministry. Though the ministry's warning is aimed at controlling the chaos in university admissions and the fever of obtaining high degrees, the ministry should have also issued another stern warning to the private sector so as not to fall into the trap of the forged certificates. The employment of holders of fake degrees will mean that their job performance will be substandard and their moral values and work ethics will be too low. The holder of a fake degree should not be trusted with any job, period. It is not enough for the ministry to issue warnings. It should also constitute a monitoring arm to scrutinize the certificates to discover the culprits who dared to present fake degrees to obtain top positions. The social media networks have published the names of many people alleged to be holders of fake degrees. The ministry should check out these claims to make sure if they are true or false. If the claims turned out to be untrue, then the holders should be saved from the disgrace, otherwise they should be singled out and publicly punished.
