I'm sure that's all true. But in Qatar, it's hard to assess someone's skills from afar so the degree becomes a way of determining proficiency. And they are pretty insistent that the degree be recognized and attested. In my brief research I noticed that Cerna trainers in the US were being paid differently according to degree as well. Some positions required a bachelors degree and paid more. But all that is irrelevant, what matter is what Sidra says.
Mandi