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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->RECENTLY, I made an inquiry with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) concerning a particular student on whether she had indeed graduated from that university.
I was surprised to find out that I needed an authorisation letter from the student concerned in order to find out her educational status. I was told the student's status in the university is confidential.
Following recent news about fake degrees in the market, I think interested parties have the right to double-check their prospective employee's educational status.
In Singapore, when we want to find out whether a particular company is bona fide, all we need to do is go to the Registry of Companies to print out the detailed information of any company after paying a small fee. Does the interested party need to seek the authorisation of the company concerned before he can obtain any information about it?
There seems to be a double standard here.
Loh Peng Cheong
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->RECENTLY, I made an inquiry with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) concerning a particular student on whether she had indeed graduated from that university.
I was surprised to find out that I needed an authorisation letter from the student concerned in order to find out her educational status. I was told the student's status in the university is confidential.
Following recent news about fake degrees in the market, I think interested parties have the right to double-check their prospective employee's educational status.
In Singapore, when we want to find out whether a particular company is bona fide, all we need to do is go to the Registry of Companies to print out the detailed information of any company after paying a small fee. Does the interested party need to seek the authorisation of the company concerned before he can obtain any information about it?
There seems to be a double standard here.
Loh Peng Cheong