National Database of Academic Certificates

Updated on: Monday, September 05, 2011

HRD Ministry has instructed Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to carry out a pilot project on National Academy Depository(NAD) - a database that would facilitate online verification of academic awards issued by CBSE thereby removing attempts made to use fake/forged academic certificates.

As a part of the pilot implementation, CBSE has made available the academic awards of following examinations on the NAD system:

(i) Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2011
(ii) CBSE Board XII Standard Exam 2011

It is available free of cost for a maximum period of 3 months from the date of installation (26.07.2011).

In a written reply to a question, in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari provided this information. 

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