China News Service, Beijing, March 26 (Reporter Gao Kai) The official website of the Overseas Study Service Center of the Ministry of Education of China recently issued a document stating that for students who should have been taught face-to-face, due to the impact of the epidemic, online learning part or with the permission of the college For all courses, the obtained foreign (overseas) diplomas will not be affected during certification.
The Center previously issued the "Supplementary Note on the Certification of Academic Degrees and Degrees for Overseas Students During the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic (2)" (hereinafter referred to as "Note (2)"), stating that during the epidemic, some overseas institutions offered face-to-face teaching for the same course at the same time (including due to The impact of the epidemic has been adjusted to online teaching) and distance teaching modes, and students studying abroad are specially reminded that according to the "Measures for the Evaluation of Foreign (Overseas) Educational Degree Certification of the Overseas Study Service Center of the Ministry of Education", the cross-border remote foreign (overseas) academic degree certificate And higher education diplomas are temporarily not within the scope of the center's certification, please pay attention to the distinction between overseas students when choosing a course mode.
On the 25th, the website re-issued the answer to the "Explanation (2)", which pointed out that for students admitted by foreign institutions through face-to-face learning, due to the impact of the epidemic, they were forced to choose to take part or all of the courses online. , after meeting the degree-granting conditions stipulated by overseas institutions, the degree obtained can be certified normally.
However, some overseas colleges and intermediaries, for the purpose of making profits, take the opportunity to offer special distance courses, lower admission standards, expand the scale of admissions, and conduct false propaganda such as "enrollment, graduation, and certification", which harms the interests of overseas students.
In order to better protect the rights and interests of overseas students and ensure the quality of overseas education, the diploma certificates obtained in this way are still not within the scope of the center's certification according to the "Evaluation Measures for Overseas Education and Degree Certification of the Overseas Education Service Center of the Ministry of Education". Inside.
To this end, the center issued the "Explanation (2)", once again reminding students and parents to maintain a high degree of vigilance and beware of being deceived and damaging their interests.
It is clarified in the answers to the questions that for students who should study face-to-face, due to the impact of the epidemic, if they study part or all of the courses online with the permission of the college, the diploma certificate obtained from abroad (overseas) will not be affected at the time of certification.
In response to the question of "Can cross-border long-distance foreign (overseas) academic degree certificates be certified?", the center said that since the Ministry of Education's Overseas Study Service Center launched the overseas (overseas) academic degree certification, correspondence, distance education and online education have been carried out. Foreign (overseas) academic degree certificates or higher education diplomas obtained by non-face-to-face learning methods are not within the scope of certification.
"Cross-border long-distance foreign (overseas) academic degree certificates and higher education diplomas are temporarily not within the scope of our center's certification" in "Explanation (2)", which means that the nature of courses offered by overseas institutions is originally distance education, not Refers to the situation in which overseas colleges and universities have adjusted face-to-face courses to online courses due to the impact of the epidemic.
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