The University of Calicut has reportedly found 211 fake certificates during their genuineness verification process in the past 22 years.
Various embassies, organisations, and recruiting agencies remit fees and submit different kinds of certificates to the university for verification of their genuineness, mainly to check the credentials of prospective employees. Many people get their jobs confirmed in Gulf countries only after this process.
It was P. Madhu, Senate member, who raised a question related to fake certificates and the police cases registered on such charges, ahead of the Senate meeting scheduled for March 26. He was told that as many as 28 fake certificates were identified by the tabulation wing and 183 others by the digital wing at the Pareeksha Bhavan. These figures pertain to the period between January 1, 2000 January 31, 2022. However, he was also informed that there was no consolidated data on the police cases. Steps had been taken compile the information. This reply was given from various sections as an explanatory note to the Syndicate.
