An official report revealed that the Ministry of Education is discussing with the Ministry of Human Resources and Localization the mechanisms for issuing a decision soon, obliging employees of all private sector institutions, whether citizens or residents, to certify - or equivalent - the scientific certificates obtained before and during the work.
The ministry also plans to issue a decree requiring all employees of federal government institutions to certify any qualifications they receive during work, in order to upgrade or modify their job status. , Allows the detection of false qualifications, or issued by "fake".
In detail, the Ministry of Education reported that it has precise mechanisms and procedures to ensure the validity of the university diplomas that the owners are requesting equivalent, pointing out that it does not accept any requests for the equivalence of certificates before the completion of a set of seals and ratifications from the embassies of the state in the concerned bodies.
The ministry said in an official report obtained by the Emirates today that after accepting the request for equivalence of scientific certificates, the university is contacted with the certificate to verify its validity. This communication is done through embassies or cultural accessories, or through the health service program Certificate, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where contact is made directly with the parent university or the donor of the certificate to verify the validity, and whether the student graduated or not, to be equivalent to the certificate according to programs in the State, as soon as confirmed by the validity.
The report pointed out that there are many employees of the private and local government sectors, both citizens and residents, whose diplomas have not been equated, since their employers did not ask them to apply for the equivalence of their certificates, stressing that all federal institutions require all employees (citizens and residents) ), To apply for the equivalence of their certificates from the Ministry, as well as the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as a local authority asking all employees in the local authorities, whether governmental or semi-governmental, to apply for the equivalence of certificates, while the rest of the other local authorities do not require their employees to exchange certificates.
The report pointed out that the private sector also does not require its employees to submit to the ministry to equalize the certificates of its employees, stressing that all the transactions of equivalence of certificates - passing through the ministry - are undergoing procedures reveal any false certificate.
The second is to verify the actual hours of study, especially since there are some cases for students seeking accreditation and the equivalent of a master's degree, while they are basically studying (courses) ) After the bachelor's degree, or sometimes the applicant did the study (online) without the test, which is considered by the ministry does not rise to the level of bachelor's or master's.
The report added that the federal authorities require the certification of scientific certificates for employment, as well as the Emirate of Abu Dhabi requires certification or confirmation of the certificate not only on recruitment, but when the promotion of the employee, especially that it is possible that the employee joined the job with a valid certificate, but during his involvement in work got The certificate of postgraduate studies «fake» or forged, and therefore is not promoted any employee or modified status based on the postgraduate certificate, only after the ratification of new certificates obtained during the work, pointing out that the Ministry of Education is looking with the Federal Authority for Human Resources Government, Involvement of staff The federal agencies to compare the certificates obtained after entering the labor market.
The ministry said that the ministry provides a "benefit" service to help students studying their own expenses, or to be sent through the employers. This service allows them to verify whether the program to be studied is approved by the ministry, , While if the party to study the «fake», the Ministry notified him.
Great job opportunities
The report of the Ministry of Education stated that the UAE labor market is facing a great challenge, as it is attractive to its large employment opportunities, in particular the selection of the Emirate of Dubai in several questionnaires over the past three years as a first and preferred front for the work of many countries' The Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, is also working to issue a decree requiring resident workers to certify their certificates or equivalent to ensure their validity.