CBSE asks universities to accept digital copy of Class 12 migration certificate in digilocker
Vagisha Kaushik | September 2, 2022 | 04:52 PM IST | 1 min read
CBSE directed universities asking students for printed copies to accept digitally signed copies of Class 12 marksheet, migration certificate in digilocker.
NEW DELHI : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed colleges and universities to accept digital copy of Class 12 migration certificates as well as marksheet cum passing certificate of students available in digilocker for admissions 2022. The board informed universities that these certificates with digital signatures of controller of examinations are ‘legally valid’. CBSE’s statement came after some universities asked students to submit a paper-printed copy of the migration certificate.
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“It has come to the notice that certain universities are asking the students to submit the paper printed copy of the migration certificate. Though, CBSE is supplying the printed copy to the students, shortly, however, it is informed that documents such as marksheet cum passing certificate and migration certificate available in digilocker with digital signature are also legally valid and should be accepted by all higher education institutions,” read CBSE’s notification.
CBSE declared Class 12 result 2022 on July 22 wherein the overall pass percentage remained 92.71%. “Immediately after declaration of result, marksheet cum passing certificate and migration certificate of students have been made available in their digilocker. Both the documents available in the Digilocker are digitally signed by the controller of examinations,” the board added.
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CBSE controller Sanyam Bhardwaj requested the University Grants Commission (UGC) to direct all education institutions to accept the digital copy of the certificates with QR code and digital signatures made available on digilocker.
Earlier in January, UGC had requested all educational institutions to accept degrees, marksheets and other documents issued on the DigiLocker account as valid documents.
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