Namibia Qualifications Authority Detects Over Three Hundred Fake Qualifications In Three Years

The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) has revealed that 341 students over the last two years have fallen prey to bogus institutions.

NQA spokesperson Catherine Shipushu says these institutions are unregistered and unaccredited.

This was discovered after 15, 139 qualifications offered by Namibian and foreign institutions were evaluated.

Since 2018 only 18 fake qualifications have been handed over to the Namibian Police for investigation.

Shipushu says there has, however, been a decline in the number of fraudulent qualifications submitted to the NQA for evaluation purposes.

Approximately 300 cases of fake qualifications were detected by the NQA over a three-year period and were filed with the police between 2015 to 2018.

The latest incident is that of four students spending about N$120, 000 at different institutions, only to discover their qualifications are not recognised in Namibia.