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Qualifications Assessment
ኪዝ൙П

Authentication of Degree Certificates of ኪዝᗇ׼˖΁ʘ᜕ᗇ
Qualifications

HKCAAVQ continued to work closely with awarding institutions ൙ᄲ҅ᘱᚃၾ΢཯બዚ࿴੗ʲΥЪd˸
to authenticate applicants’ qualifications. Apart from awarding ᜕ᗇ͡ሗɛٙኪዝfৰə཯બዚ࿴̮d
institutions, we have started using national resource centres to Ңࡁ͵ක֐Դ͜Չ˼਷࢕༟ࣘࢫ̘ආБ
authenticate qualifications and at times fake qualifications were ኪዝ᜕ᗇʿᗆй৿ኪዝfίజѓಂʫd
detected. During the reporting period, we identified 16 cases of fake Ңࡁᗆй16֚ऒʿൈ৿ኪዝʘ͡ሗdԨ
qualifications which were all reported to the Hong Kong Police. ʊΣ࠰ಥᙆ˙ᑘజൈ৿ኪዝࡈࣩf

Reasons for Non-assessable Qualifications ኪዝ൙П͡ሗʔ஗ஈଣٙ
Assessment ࡡΪ

Although the number of qualifications assessed and considered by ᒱ್ኪዝঐ஗൙֛މ޴࿁׵࠰ಥ༟ዝݖ
the QA Service as meeting the standard of comparable qualifications ࿴ɨٙኪዝ˥̻ʘ͡ሗᅰͦɤʱ৷dШ
under HKQF is high, there were still a large number of applications ʥϞɽඎ͡ሗΪʔΝʘࡡΪԨ͊ঐ஗ኪ
that contain qualifications that are not assessable by QA. In the ዝ൙П௅ஈଣf׵జѓಂʫd΍Ϟ592֚
reporting period, there were 592 QA applications that were not ኪዝ൙П͡ሗ͊ঐஷཀ൙Пd຅ʕʘࡡ
assessed by QA due to (a) the qualifications not being recognised Ϊܼ̍j€ɓኪዝʔա཯બ਷࢕Ŋήਜ
in the home countries/areas; (b) the qualifications were fake; (c) the וႩi€ɚኪዝ᙮ൈ৿i€ɧ͡ሗɛೌ
applicants are unable to provide sufficient information; and (d) the ج౤Զԑ੄ٙ༟ࣘiʿ€̬͡ሗɛІᗴ
applicants voluntarily withdrew their applications. Ӕ֛ৗΫ͡ሗf

54 Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
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