'Digital degrees is need of the hour'

A few days ago, the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi University to issue within seven working days the digital degrees to students who have already graduated and urgently require the document for taking admission in a foreign university or for employment.

New Delhi: Expressing satisfaction over the decision of the Delhi University to issue digital degrees to students, Sri Aurobindo College principal has said it would help a number of students, specially those who plan to take admissions in foreign universities as they would be able to present the degree whenever and wherever it is needed.

"There are universities in the world which want you to show them the degree for admission, they don't accept provisional certificates. Digital ones would make it easier for both students and the Delhi University as it would save a lot of time," Principal Vipin Agrwal said, adding that the hard copy of the same could be printed later.

He informed that the colleges affiliated to the Delhi University have been instructed to start issuing degrees for the past three years, starting 2017.

The principal also said that degrees from the year 2019 onward would also have photographs of the students. "It would make the students feel good when they see the degree after a long time," he said, adding that it would also help in ensuring that only the genuine degree holder is using it.

Last week, the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi University to issue within seven working days the digital degrees to students who have already graduated and urgently require the document for taking admission in a foreign university or for employment.