Better than degrees

What is supposed to be the relation between an academic degree and a government official's work?

Many would assume that higher an academic degree a government official holds, the more knowledgeable he or she should be and the better his or her work would be.

But that is not the case, according to Wang Yang, Party secretary of Guangdong province, who urged local officials to often ask themselves what they can do and have done for the people rather than how much they have benefited from their positions.