Punjab waives off transfer certificate norm for admission to govt schools

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 22

In order to address the problems faced by students seeking admission in government schools in the state, the state government has waived off the condition of submission of a transfer certificate for admission.

A spokesperson of the School Education Department said it had come to the notice of the department that many students were facing difficulties in getting admissions to schools due to the transfer certificate norm. Taking the issue seriously, School Education Secretary Krishan Kumar has issued directions in this regard.

Commenting on the decision Kumar said, the condition of submitting transfer certificates was causing unnecessary harassment to the parents wanting to change schools of their children due to one reason or the other. Therefore, in order to resolve the problems being faced by the students, all earlier instructions regarding obtaining the transfer certificate from the previous school have been waived off.

While admitting the students to any recognised/affiliated school, the school head might, after ascertaining the facts from other sources, allow the admission. Parents could give a self-declaration that the student had actually studied in the previous school and had passed the examination of the previous class, the spokesperson said.