Now CBSE students need not produce original date of birth certificate
Posted on: 12/Oct/2015 11:46:41 AM
CBSE Controller of Examinations K.K. Choudhury has instructed schools not to force students to produce the original birth certificates.
Controller of Examinations vide his letter to all Heads of Institutions, Affiliated to CBSE Board has mentioned, The Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India vide his letter has stated that office of the Registrar General of India has developed uniform software for Registration of Births and Deaths and issuance of certificates registered through the system. After the implementation of the software, the birth and death certificates are being issued through this software and the provisions of Section 12/17 of the RBD Act, 1969. The certificate issued by the software which is accessible at crsorgi.gov.in has unique registration number to each registered across the country. These certificates are enabled with quick response (QR) code and the authenticity of the certificate can be verified from the website crsorgi.gov.in. It has been further stated that these certificates are legally verified documents and may be considered authentic for all Govt. as well as non Government purposes. All the concerned departments have been requested to ensure that the certificates issued by the Registrar/Sub-Registrar through the applications are accepted and not insisted for original certificates carrying manual signature of the issuing authority.
