The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Friday issued an advisory informing that a fake board, which has cheated more than 10,000 students from across the country, has been operating in the name of “Board of Higher Secondary Education, Delhi’, and it has not given any recognition to the same.
"It has come to the notice of that one entity operating in the name of 'Board of Higher Secondary Education, Delhi' is claiming to be a recognised board of education by us. On scrutiny of the relevant records of this, it has been found that no such letters, as being circulated, have ever been issued by us in favour of the so-called board," the HRD Ministry said in the advisory.
"Both the letters are, therefore, completely forged and fabricated. It is abundantly clarified that no letters have ever been issued by the ministry recognising the said entity," it added.
The advisory stated that if any other documents are produced in relation to the board's recognition, then the same may be deemed to be fake and the veracity of the documents may first be confirmed from the concerned organisation.
Delhi Police had in December last year busted a gang operating the fake board. "The gang has cheated more than 10,000 students from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and several other states. The fake board syndicate also provided documents of higher education from renowned institutes of different states in the country," police had said.
The ministry has advised all students, parents and other stakeholders to not engage with the fake board in any manner.
In a separate communication HRD Ministry said that students pursuing teacher training courses, including BEd and MEd, will now be able to get degree verification certificate online with the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) launching a portal for the purpose. So far the process used to be manual. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched the portal at the inauguration of the new building of NCTE on Friday.
"The platform has been designed by NCTE to facilitate registration of teacher-pupil and essential documentation while seeking employment as school teachers," Nishank said at the launch. According to officials statistics, there are 19,000 BEd colleges in the country and 90 lakh teachers.