UGC DigiLocker Account: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has requested to accept the degree, mark sheet and other documents available in the issued documents in the DigiLocker account.
DigiLocker account documents to be treated as valid (signal image)
UGC DigiLocker Account: University Grants Commission (UGC) has requested all educational institutions to accept the degree, mark sheet and other documents available in the documents issued in the DigiLocker account as valid documents. The UGC has said that there are several state as well as central education boards in India that provide digital documents. (digital document) are providing. Even the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) And many universities and higher educational institutions have also started providing digital documents like certificates, transfer certificates. Digilocker (DigiLocker) Educational documents like degree, mark sheet issued on the platform are valid documents.
The Commission said that the National Academic Depository (NAD) is an online repository of academic documents in a digital format and the Ministry of Education in collaboration with DigiLocker has nominated the UGC to implement NAD as a permanent scheme.
The UGC has stated that the National Academic Depository (NAD) is an online storehouse of academic awards (degree. mark-sheets, etc.). It facilitates the students to obtain authentic documents/certificates in digital format directly from their original issuers anytime, anywhere without any physical intervention. Ministry of Education (MOE). Government of India has designated University Grants Commission (UGC) as the authorized body to implement NAD as a sustainable scheme with no user charges levied as a single depository of NAD in association with DigiLocker .
UGC requests all Academic Institutions to accept Degree, Mark-sheets & other documents available in issued documents in DigiLocker account as valid documents: University Grants Commission pic.twitter.com/MuYYjOybSH
— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2022
Students can keep their documents safe in Digilocker app
These electronic records available on the Digilocker platform are valid documents as per the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000. All educational institutions should accept it. “In order to increase the reach of the NAD programme, all educational institutions should accept degrees, mark sheets and other documents as valid documents issued in the DigiLocker account,” the commission said. Students can download the Digilocker app or register themselves at digilocker.gov.in to access digital copies of their documents.
