Education Verification
This verification has become very important as in recent times many employees pose fake graduation or post graduation certificates to land their dream jobs or for better pay or designation. Recently a senior manager working in a reputed company was ousted from his position when it was discovered that his IIM qualifications were forged. The recent fake pilot scam also reinforces the need for a proper education verification conducted by trusted third party verification agencies.
Through this verification, the legitimacy of an employee's education with respect to the degree, year of completion and the course pursued is verified by contacting the educational institution directly.
The Challenges
- Only a few of the higher education institutions have placed their graduates' lists online. In addition, the HRD Ministry sponsored National Database of Academic Qualifications is still in the development stage. So a physical visit to the institution becomes imperative in most cases.
- The commonly followed method of this verification is, just a physical inspection of the certificates. Manipulating certificates is not a big deal in the current age of technology making such method fraught with risky.
- Verifying over courier/post, phone, and email or via any electronic means is virtually impossible except for a handful of universities.