Cheating Prevention and Identity Verification Policy
- Document No.:
- IA-POL-02
- Version:
- 2.0
- Effective Date:
- September 2026
- Scope:
- All training programs and services delivered by the Academy
- Approved by:
- Senior Management of Investment Academy
- Review Cycle:
- Annually, or upon changes to the applicable laws and instructions
1. Purpose
This policy sets out the controls the Academy applies to verify the identity of a trainee from registration to certification, and to ensure that submitted work and examinations are the trainee’s own, in order to preserve the credibility of its certificates and the fairness of assessment.
2. Identity Verification
- Trainees register under their legal name and national ID or residence permit number, verified through approved government verification services where available for the type of ID, and otherwise through official documents. The verified name is only amended upon a request supported by an official document.
- The requester’s identity is verified by a one-time code sent to the registered mobile or email, at registration and at the electronic signature of forms and requests.
- Each trainee holds a single account in their own name; creating multiple accounts or using another person’s account is prohibited.
- The Academy may require audio-visual identity verification before or during examinations and whenever academic interest so requires.
3. Account Security and Trainee Responsibility
- The trainee is responsible for the confidentiality of login credentials and for everything performed through the account.
- The trainee must notify technical support immediately upon suspected account compromise or loss of a device.
- The Academy may temporarily suspend an account upon detecting suspicious activity pending identity verification.
4. Examination and Assessment Integrity Controls
- Examinations open only at the scheduled time, close automatically at the end of their duration, and log the start and submission time of each attempt.
- Question banks with randomized question and option order across trainees.
- Examination duration calibrated to the number and level of questions.
- Review of essay answers and assignments with similarity detection tools, and oral verification of authorship where necessary.
- Diploma midterm and final examinations are held under supervision and invigilation, and the regulator is provided with the lists and records it requires.
5. Action upon a Proven Breach
Upon proven impersonation, cheating or forgery, the disciplinary measures and procedural safeguards of the Academic Integrity Policy (IA-POL-01) apply. The Academy may close or suspend the account, revoke any certificate it issued on the basis of a breach or request its revocation from the issuing body, and refer facts constituting an offence to the competent authorities.