Going abroad to study, work? No need for Dilli Chalo to get certificates attested
June 27th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Study AbroadSome red tape has been cut. Come July 1 and there’s good news for those wishing to go abroad for education or employment. They don’t have to come all the way to New Delhi to get their academic certificates “authenticated” by babus at the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry. They can go to their respective state capitals and get it done.
The HRD ministry - on the directions of the Prime Minister’s Office - has delegated the power to authenticate educational certificates to all state governments. This comes after several complaints from students and job-seekers across the country of unnecessary harassment travelling all the way to Delhi. An estimated 8.5 lakh individuals went overseas last year for either education or jobs.
Though the directive was given to the HRD ministry by the PMO in July 2004 - soon after the UPA took charge - nothing moved. Sources said the HRD bureaucracy wasn’t too enthusiastic to let go of the power to authenticate. But with regular reminders from the PMO, it had little choice.
Now Chief Secretaries of all states have been asked to appoint “authentication officers” and publicise their name and contact details.