Kuwait City: Legal action will be taken against employees who have obtained fake educational certificates, as well as collaborators.
The government, in a meeting chaired by Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, said it was determined to pursue legal action against employees – regardless of their positions – who sought fake educational certificates as well as those who helped them.
“A committee will be set up to examine educational certificates of state employees – citizens and expatriates – to verify their authenticity. Legal action will be launched against any person who is found guilty of obtaining a fake certificate which resulted in obtaining promotions or financial benefits”, said Deputy Premier and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh.
The committee will be chaired by the ministry of higher education, with the Civil Service Commission and the fatwa and legislation department as members. The committee, said Saleh, will provide a monthly report including measures to address this issue and preventive action taken.
The Cabinet assigned the ministry of higher education to establish electronic links with relevant authorities to verify the certificates.
Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah announced plans to communicate with the ministry of higher education to exert joint efforts to combat the phenomenon of fake certificates.
In a statement released on the World Day Against Human Trafficking, organised by the International Organistion for Migration (IOM), Jarallah said the ministry is in contact with Kuwaiti embassies and diplomatic missions abroad to coordinate efforts and find the root cause of the problem.
The ministry of higher education has already referred a set of false certificates and degrees to the public prosecution, said Jarallah, who emphasised that the ministry of foreign affairs is also following up on the matter diligently to end this problem and detect false documents.
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