Forged certificates are a major problem - Kapil Sibal
In an effort to curb forgery of education certificates, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has said that they are setting up an online repository of certificates accessible for employers or anyone wanting to verify a persons educational qualifications.
Forged certificates are a major problem. There is no verification process with the employer and the credibility of our institutes comes under question. We are contemplating to establish a national database in an electronic format by an identified registered depository.
- Kapil Sibal, HRD minister.
The proposal aims to provide school boards, universities and certificate issuing institutions with direct linkages to the depository. The certificates will be uploaded by these institutions through a secure channel. According to the minister, this system is to go online and fully functional starting from the 2011 batch of students who pass out of the schools and colleges. Prof. Sanjay Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur will head the task force entrusted with preparing the road map for implementation of this initiative.
We at JobsByRef.com welcome this initiative by the minister. This is something we feel strongly about as our philosophy is to help the genuine candidates stand out from the crowd using legitimate means and our Credix Score is an attempt to help this process of identifying genuine candidates.
Students who have already earned their degrees can register with the depository and have their degree certificates available online. It will benefit the students immensely, in the following ways:
1. Whenever they need a copy of their degree certificate they can download it from the online portal.
2. It allows jobseekers who are genuine to allow their potential employers to verify their degree certificates. It will make it easier for genuine candidates who do not believe in embellishing their resumes with fake degree information to stand out from the fakers out there.
3. Allows credential verification companies, generally engaged by companies who are hiring, recruitment firms, government agencies, banks and other agencies, to check out their educational credentials easily.
We wish and hope that this initiative gets implemented and is successful as there are clear benefits for all the stakeholders. We will closely monitor this positive development and bring the news to you here.
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