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John
Magufuli is known as the "bulldozer" for his disciplinarian approach.
AFP
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Tanzanian President John
Magufuli has sacked nearly 10,000 civil servants for having fake education
certificates.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
He
was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent
qualifications in the public sector.
The
education minister said that some had been using their relatives' school
certificates, while others did not appear on official records at all.
President
Magufuli has given those on the list until 15 May to resign or face legal
action.
There
isn't a particular place which is well known for making fake certificates here,
but it's easy enough to get hold of one on the black market.
It
is very common for people to use fake certificates in Tanzania.
Police
raided a house in Dar es Salaam last year and found two individuals with
machines, stamps and piles of templates for fake secondary school, birth and
even business licence certificates stacked up in a room.
It
is also very common for people to use their friends' or family members'
certificates.
In
this case, when someone gets a job or goes on to higher education, they will
actually change their name to match the one on their certificate.
The
9,932 people named in the report account for more than 2% of the country's
estimated 450,000 civil servants.
When
President Magufuli came to power two years ago, the government temporarily
suspended recruitment in some government sectors while they checked up on
existing employees' qualifications.
The report focused exclusively on secondary school qualification and did not examine university degree certificates.
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