Bhatkal BEO rubbishes reports pertaining to hard copies of SSLC marks card

Bhatkal 30 August 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Bhatkal BEO MR Munji on Thursday while speaking to Bhatkallys.com over phone call rubbished the reports that hard copies of SSLC marks cards not being issued, and instead will be uploaded online from where the students will have to take copies of it. The reports were doing rounds locally, and had resulted in many teachers and students questioning the credibility of such marks card without signatures and original stamps from the concerned authorities. Speaking for the BEO MR Munji, Block resource person Anand Naik said "Hard copies will be issued to the students with stamps, and signatures of the concerned authorities as usual". However Anand cleared, "The reports that has been spread that there will be no hard copies issued and students have to fetch their copies from online scanned copies is not true. The actual thing is, we have this time used new feature in our system using the app 'digilocker' wherein all your documents that are linked with your Aadhar card are uploaded, the SSLC marks cards will also be uploaded in digilocker app as students data are also linked to Aadhar. So the students will be able to use those copies in case of emergency, and it will be considered as credible, so if you forget your SSLC marks card, you can fetch it from there". About Digilocker App: DigiLocker is a "digital locker" service operated by the Government of India that enables Indian citizens to store certain official documents on the cloud. The service is aimed towards reducing the need to carry physical documents, and is part of the government's Digital India initiative. 1 GB of storage space is offered to users to store identification card issued by government agencies, education certificates, PAN cards, driving license, vehicle ownership documents and some other documents. Users need to possess an Aadhar card to use DigiLocker. For sign-up, the Aadhar card number and the one-time password sent to the Aadhar-associated mobile number, need to be entered. For later log-ins, the user can set their own password or link the account to Facebook or Google logins. (Bhatkallys News Bureau/ Ismail Zaorez)