Asst profs recruitment faces forged experience certificate challenge

THE EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATES ARE CRUCIAL TO MAKE OR MAR THE PROSPECTS OF THE CANDIDATES IN THE FINAL SELECTION

- Arun Kumar

PATNA: Into the fifth year of the lingering process for the appointment of Assistant Professors in seriously understaffed Bihar varsities, Bihar State University Service Commission (BSUSC) is now grappling with a new challenge of fake experience certificates allegedly issued by competent university authorities.

"The controversy is set to snowball as forged certificates are said to have found their way to the commission through most universities and in many cases the signatures have also been allegedly forged with proper seal with or without the connivance of the competent authorities. It is all a matter of investigation," said a senior university official.

The experience certificates are crucial to make or mar the prospects of the candidates in the final selection, as they carry 10 marks.

BSUSC chairman Girish Choudhary also confirmed that the issue of some forged experience certificates has been detected, but it was beyond the commission to verify if they have come under the seal and signature of the competent university authority (registrar of universities).

"I have already written to the department of education and all the universities to verify the authenticity of the experience certificates before confirmation of service of the selected candidates, though I have not put an embargo on their joining as that would affect even the genuine ones. I have also asked the universities to submit action taken report in each case of fraud for further action," said Choudhary.