Get ready to view degrees in digital format from end of 2017
Official asks all institutions to get on board to make it a reality
The government has set the ball rolling for
the creation of an online database where all academic certificates will be
available in digital format by the end of next year.
Minister for Human Resource Development
Prakash Javadekar inaugurated a national conference for generating awareness of
the plan among stakeholders here on Friday. “Establishment of a National
Academic Depository is a step towards the Digitial India vision of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,” Mr. Javadekar said.
‘It’s high time’
“It is high time the academic awards are
verified and authenticated, accessed and retrieved in a digital depository,”
Mr. Javadekar said.
Secretary (Higher Education) in the Ministry
Vinay Sheel Oberoi said the idea was to make available information on any award
to any person other than the student, “only with the explicit consent of the
student.” He requested all academic institutions to get on board promptly to
make the NAD a reality.
A series of training workshops will also be
organised region-wise to enable better dissemination and understanding of the
idea.
The introduction of a digital database, where
institutions can upload all the degrees for authentication, is expected to curb
the problem of fake academic degrees, officials say.
This apart, this database can also enable
recruiters to ensure that the degrees of a candidate are genuine. The practice
of attested copies may be a thing of the past, as the database would be an
authentic source of secure information about a person’s academic claims.
Data secure
This would also help the degree-holders
themselves, as the data would be secure in the depository. At present, loss of
documents and damage to these make their re-issue a cumbersome bureaucratic
process. In some universities, the issue of degrees takes a lot of time and
some students do not collect their degrees for years as they shift from the
place. The National Academic Depository would make these degrees easily
accessible.
A digital database is expected to curb the
problem of counterfeit academic degrees
Regards
Pralhad Jadhav
Senior Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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