Over the past months, the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has closed a number of these fake educational academies, through judicial control committees, in cooperation with the concerned authorities in the state..
Professor at the Egyptian Menoufia University, Mohamed El-Sayed, said, “The fictitious entities deceive parents and students, with the illusion of excellence and joining colleges and universities accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education, which is completely different, and upon graduating from it or paying the tuition fees, they discover that it gives them false certificates.“.
Speaking to Sky News Arabia, Al-Sayed continued: “What happens from the arrest and raids of these entities is very important, so how do you graduate a generation of students who will practice their profession in the future while they are not qualified for it! And they put thousands of citizens at risk. These students are a great danger.” on the society“.
The Evolution of “Mock Academies”
Al-Sayed added, “The fake academies have developed themselves over recent years. Instead of papers that were distributed in the street and lured students, there are pages on social media that make these propaganda.”
He added, “The matter has evolved with the fact that there are pages claiming that students are able to study online and obtain an approved graduation certificate.”
The professor at Menoufia University noted that “the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research recently tended to announce the official entities and universities accredited to it, which is an important step, so that everyone knows the healthy entities from the fake, but it is necessary to announce these entities on all the ministry’s platforms and various official channels, so No citizen will fall into the trap of fraud.”
According to the figures announced by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, about 20 fictitious educational entities were raided, closed and “waxed” last March, in various governorates of the Republic, in addition to the campaigns that spread during recent days in various governorates, with the announcement About the result of high school and the coordination of stages.
In this regard, the educational expert, Omar Saadawi, says, “The spread of these fictitious entities in the Egyptian street is due to the attempt of parents and their children to obtain any educational certificate whatsoever, to achieve a state of social pride that they obtained a higher degree, but they are confronted in the future that this paper What they have is useless.”
Judicial police
Saadawi called for “the need to intensify the work of the judicial police committees at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, to confront and chase these fake entities, provided that deterrent charges are brought against them, such as violating the work of the educational system, fraud, and graduating an unqualified generation that could be a reason for killing innocent lives.”
The educational expert sent a message to parents and students coming to the university education period, saying: “Do not rush to choose, wait until you can make the right choice, and enter the various pages of the ministry to know the original entities from the fake, and whatever your high school result, enter a college that suits your abilities. Work hard to achieve success for you and your family.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced that all accredited official institutes and academies are available on the ministry’s website, and on the official pages on social networking sites, asking parents to “not be led by any other entity that is not listed on those pages.”.
deterrent penalties
From a legal point of view, the cassation lawyer, Mohamed Barakat, explained that “Article 336 of the Egyptian Penal Code stipulates that whoever seizes money, offers, debt bonds, or others, and that was fraud to steal all or some of the wealth of others, shall be imprisoned for a period of no more than For more than a year, the offender may be placed under police observation for a period of at least one year and two years at most, in the event of recurrence“.
Barakat continued to “Sky News Arabia”: “It is possible that the person responsible for this fake academy will be subjected to the penalty of the crime of defrauding a minor, which is stipulated in Article 338 of the Egyptian Penal Code, and refers to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, and a fine may be increased to him. Do not exceed one hundred Egyptian pounds“.
The cassation lawyer affirmed: “Article 339 of the Egyptian Penal Code stipulates that if the same person commits the crime of fraud again within 5 years, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or one of these two penalties.”
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