ISLAMABAD: Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Friday launched ‘Digital Equivalence Certificate Verification Service’ introduced by Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) to ensure transparency and ease of business.
The launching ceremony was held at the Ministry of Federal Education in Islamabad. IBCC Secretary Dr Ghulam Ali Mallah briefed the minister on the utility and benefits of this new service.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, the education minister appreciated IBCC’s efforts for facilitating public through the use of latest technology.
Shafqat said in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, all the organisations working under the umbrella of education ministry were digitalising their processes for transparency and to facilitate the public.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Ghulam Ali Mallah said that, the IBCC integrated security feature in certificate through encrypted QR code. He further said that, this is a real-time verification through which organisations can quickly verify data on their mobile or computer and will receive a verification email for their official record.
After successful completion of online equivalence process, the IBCC has digitalised the process of verification of equivalence certificates. This service will enhance accessibility, reduce the cost and time and other hurdles faced by organisations within or outside the country.
Now, the institutions or universities do not need to send documents to IBCC for verification, as the verification is now just a click away as they can verify it by scanning QR codes from anywhere around the world.
Due to this new security feature, the IBCC will also save millions of rupees annually by removing old and traditional manual security features from the certificate.
IBCC is the umbrella board of all educational boards and is responsible for issuing equivalence certificates to O and A level students.
