A former Deputy Minister of State cum legal expert, Vicky Bright, has taken a swipe at individuals who confer 'fake' honorary doctoral and professorial titles on themselves without legitimately earning such distinctions through proper academic or professional work.
According to her, such actions do not portray the country as serious and, consequently, render these practices unlawful.
Sharing her views on the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission's (GTEC) final warning to individuals misusing honorary academic titles, Vicky Bright expressed concern over how these prestigious titles, once highly revered and not easily earned are being cheapened by some ambitious individuals.
She noted that people who attend summer school or short courses at prestigious international institutions often exaggerate their credentials by padding their CVs and falsely claiming to be alumni of those institutions, when in reality, they are not.
