ISSUE OF DUPLICATE LEAVING CERTIFICATES Students looser misplace their original certificates The rules of education are clear on the issue of Duplicate certificates on the payment of Re one, There is no known official change communicated in this rule There is no clarification on the request for triplicate etc,Some overzealous Heads while being unaware of the same, put the students to unwanted expenses of Notarised affidavits and have their own rules of questioning the veracity of affidavit and their own schedule of delivery, irrespective of the urgent needs. The Dept of Education will do well to dispatch a circular to this effect , if it is mandated, which will avoid discussions It is noted with regret that some schools ask for police clearance, akin to passport verification These obnoxious dictatorial practices without the explicit sanction of Educational authorities must be stopped forthwith
While the GBSHE provides duplicates mark sheets at a variable costs forwarded through the respective schools after due verification. It does not insist on the cumbersome process and legal formalities Nelson Lopes Chinchinim