In its recent letter to all universities and colleges in India, UGC has asked all the educational institutions to add security features such as photographs of the student, hologram of the institute and QR code in certificates and degrees issued by the universities. UGC had asked the colleges and universities to do the same via circulars published in October 2017 and March 2019 but most of the universities ignored as it was not a mandated feature then.
“The number of unrecognised institutes and degrees in the last few years has increased. The move will help in curbing malpractices such as degree duplication or marksheet forgery while creating a database for a student’s personal identity,” says Rajnish Jain, secretary, UGC.
“The features will be helpful for verification while providing institutes and individuals one-stop access to a student’s academic documents through QR codes,” adds Jain.
The universities have also been asked to inscribe the name and place of the institution in which the student has studied along with the mode of education such as distance, part-time or regular.
Jain says that the focus is on digitizing all the higher education certificates and degrees in the long run and this is just one step in that direction.
“While the move will bring uniformity across the higher education system, it will not replace the already existing National Academic Depository (NAD), which is a 24X7 online storehouse of all academic certificates, diplomas, degrees, mark sheets that are digitized and lodged by academic institutions or boards,” he adds.
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