Matric, inter certificate verification goes online

Education boards' body replaces traditional sealed envelope process with digital stamp

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KARACHI:

Inter-Boards Coordination Commission (IBCC), the institution responsible for verifying matriculation and intermediate certificates nationwide, has abolished the traditional process of sending certificates through sealed envelopes.

Instead, it has introduced a digitalised system, enabling verification of certificates from 29 education boards across the country based on online data and portal sharing.

The attestation of matriculation and intermediate documents will now be done based on this digital verification. This system will be implemented from February 16 for education boards nationwide and for students pursuing matriculation and intermediate studies. It is to be noted that IBCC attestation is mandatory for students going abroad.

IBCC Director Dr Ghulam Ali Mullah told The Express Tribune that IBCC has taken this step to enhance efficiency in the document verification process and has made significant changes in the verification stage of certificates from boards for attestation. He mentioned that there were complaints about candidates submitting sealed envelopes with attested documents, which were later found to be fake, and the educational boards did not verify them.

Traditionally, students were required to submit documents in sealed envelopes attested by the respective board to verify their documents from IBCC. Recognising the need for modernisation, IBCC has digitalised this process, eliminating the need for sealed envelopes.