2 months on, Punjabi University, Patiala fails to dispatch transcripts
Ravneet Singh
Tribune News Service
Patiala, March 22
Youths interested in studying and immigrating abroad are in a quandary as Punjabi University, Patiala, has failed to dispatch their educational transcripts to respective agencies for verification for nearly two months now. Sources on the campus said over 2,000 applications are pending with the university after its contract with a private courier service expired in January.
Contract not renewed
The university’s contract with a private courier service provider came to an end and has not been renewed since Jan 25. We are helpless.
The university collects a separate courier fees of Rs 1,200 from students. The applicants from India are supposed to pay Rs 500 per document along with Rs 100 per form, while those abroad pay $290 (around Rs 21,000) for preparation of documents and their dispatch.
Students said they were losing precious time due to the delay. “The documents are supposed to be verified by respective agencies after which we can use the assessment reports for immigration, education or job purposes,” a student said.
A student of the university, now working abroad, said he had applied for transcripts but the documents had not been dispatched for the past over two months. “When we contact the officials they say the process has not been restarted. It is causing unwanted harassment and our application is being delayed without our fault,” he said.
The sources said over 2,000 applications for transcripts are pending. “It is because the university’s contract with a private courier service provider came to an end and has not been renewed since January 25. We are helpless,” they said.
A senior functionary of the university said it would soon start sending the transcripts online. Registrar Dr Devinder Pal Singh Sidhu said the university had decided to sign a contract with India Post and would send the documents through it. “We will start sending the transcripts by Monday,” he said.
