The SVM College's fake certificates row virtually ended on Saturday, as 121 certificates from 124 were corrected following efforts of college principal, college governing body and Utkal University authorities.
Reports said that 124 students who graduated from the college in the year 2015 had been given fake certificates and university registration numbers by the college authority. As a result, they had been denied migration certificates from Utkal University. They were unable to pursue higher studies.
Protesting the event, the victim students had resorted to an agitation in front of the college premises several times. They had also staged the latest protest on January 11, where the students, comprising their parents and guardians had participated in the stir, demanding issue of original valid certificates.
College principal Nitarani Kar and governing body president MLA Bishnu Das had approached agitating students and assured them to resolve their crisis shortly. Later, the agitation was called off.
Principal Kar informed that the crux of problem had started when these 124 students were taken admission in plus three streams beyond its affiliated 256 seats for college.
She said at the first stage she had approached the Utkal University authority and State Higher Education Department describing the facts. The Higher Education Department had conducted a probe and found the then admission in charge and two technical staff of the college were guilty of admitting more students beyond capacity.
Meanwhile, two technical staff computer data entry operators were dismissed and admission in charge lecturer Dhiren Mohanty's salary was stopped. Besides, a show cause notice was issued against him, the Principal
revealed.
On the other hand, Utkal University authority considered the problems faced by the students and asked them to register their names afresh in the university. The process of fresh registration had been completed by the students along with furnishing their plus two college leaving certificates.
Later, 121 fulfilled university's requirements and were given university registration numbers. Besides, they got corrected certificates on Saturday.