There’s an Increase in Honorary Degrees Granting

Higher Education Director-General Nizam explains the issue of honorary degrees granting and the ministry of education and culture’s stance.

Tempo

February 15, 2021

SOME in the academia believe that honorary doctorates are being too easily awarded. Several recipients are also believed to be undeserving of their honorary titles. The ministry of education and culture, which once had given its approval for the bestowal of honorary degrees, does not appear to have attempted to resolve the matter. Higher Education Director-General Nizam answered Tempo’s questions in written statements delivered on February

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