Monday, September 29, 2008

Certificates for sale



Do you want an 'original' national school examination certificate without having to sweat for it in an exam room? It's possible, The Citizen can reveal today. 

The brains behind this racket, which enables people who may have failed their examinations or who never even made it beyond primary school to acquire Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates, are doing lucrative business in Dar es Salaam. The well-established syndicate selling original and fake academic certificates rakes in millions of shillings every month. 

Key to the syndicate are some wayward staff of the National Examination Council of Tanzania (Necta) and brokers, who link them to prospective clients. It takes about a month from the time contact is made to when the client takes delivery of the brand new certificate. However, one of the racketeers said the process could be speeded up if one is willing to part with more money. 

Attempts to obtain comments from the Necta executive secretary, Dr Joyce Ndalichako, and other high-ranking officials in Dar es Salaam failed. They were said to be busy with the Standard Seven national examinations and would only have time to discuss the allegations once the exercise is completed.


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