Delhi Government lists 12 fake education board

The Delhi Government has warned parents as well as students against 12 fake education boards. These boards are known to be operating in the national capital region. As per a notification released by the Directorate of Education (DoE), there is no state board of Government of Delhi. Further it is stated that the DoE “which regulates government, private, unaided and aided schools in Delhi, does not grant any recognition to any board”.

Candidates are informed that the only relevant education boards for Delhi are the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).

The educational boards that have been declared fake by the Directorate of Education (DoE) are:

• Urdu Education Board
• Gramin Mukth Vidhalyai Shiksha Sansthan
• Delhi Board of Secondary Education
• The Central Board of Higher Secondary Education
• National Open School and Board of Secondary Open Education, Delhi
• Higher Secondary Education Board of Delhi
• State Council of Senior Secondary Open Education
• Delhi Board of Senior Secondary Education
• Board of Higher Secondary Education, Delhi
• Council of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Delhi
• The Central Board of Higher Education, Delhi

As reported by IANS, “The fake board running in the name of Board of Higher Secondary Education Delhi 'allegedly defrauded their clients of huge money. Apart from more than 15,000 fake blank mark sheets of 17 different boards and universities, rubber stamps, printers, six ATM cards of different banks, pass books and computers were also recovered from the board office located in Vikaspuri”.

Earlier, UGC had also shared a list of 24 fake universities in the country. According to the commission, these universities were functioning in contravention of the UGC Act in different parts of the country. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with eight such universities. States like Delhi, West Bengal, and Odisha are next in the list with seven, two, and two fake universties each.