[edited]. It's not often that I find myself disagreeing with you on this board, but right now I am wondering how you manage to breathe at such a high altitude?

Non NES use their degree from a NES country in order to demonstrate the fact they can understand English well enough to study for it.
On the other hand, NES are still required to hold a degree, and that degree could be in Ballroom Dancing or Origami - to what end?

When I left school in the late 1970's, most people went on to do a 4-year apprenticeship. They considered this more useful when compared to spending a further 4 years sitting behind a desk learning how to fold bits of paper.

As such, many of us, (myself included), studied for a degree much later on in life at a time when our careers were taking direction and we knew which path we wanted to choose. Others opted to get a fake degree in order to satisfy the Chinese regulations. Just because their degree in Origami is fake, does not necessarily make them a 'deecher'.