(a) whether the students aspiring to go to foreign countries
from Southern India have to travel to Delhi for endorsement and
attestation;
(b) if so, whether Southern States are demanding for
establishment of Regional Centre for this purpose at Hyderabad
or Chennai;
(c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the
Government in this regard; and
(d) the time by which it is likely to be set up?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A.FATMI)
(a) A Regional Authentication Centre is already functioning
from January 2004 at Thiruvananthapuram for authentication of
educational qualifications besides the Centre at Delhi.
(b) to (d) No demand for setting up of Regional Centre at
Hyderabad or Chennai has been received from the State
Governments. However, to mitigate the problems of the students
aspiring to go to foreign countries, Government of India has
already authorized in July 2004 the Education Departments of
the State Governments to authenticate the educational
certificates of persons going abroad.