THE High Education Authority (HEA) says there is need to strengthen the verification of academic credentials to reduce the number of fake professors. And the Authority says during the second quarter of 2026, surveillance activities uncovered that institutions are operating outside the legal framework governing higher education. Speaking during the opening of Winter School, HEA Director General Professor Kazhila Chinsembu said the emergence of fake professors was a growing threat and a direct assault on the credibility of universities. He described those who deliberately misrepresented themselves as professors as “academic criminals”. “The proliferation of fake professors remains a serious blight on our system of higher education. The emergence of fake professors is a growing threat we must all confront. Fake…
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