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242 blank B.Ed degrees go missing from Bihar university

Patna: Yet another fake degree racket may soon be unravelled in Bihar with the disappearance of 242 blank Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree certificates from B N Mandal university, Madhepura.

BNMU vice-chancellor has placed R K P Suman, the examination controller who was the custodian of degrees, under suspension and lodged an FIR with the police apprehending that these certificates could be used to dishonestly secure jobs in various teaching institutions.

“I have ordered immediate cancellation of all the missing degrees and we will put out advertisements in newspapers with the serial number of the certificates that have disappeared to alert educational institutions so that the unscrupulous elements who might have got hold of these through dishonest means could be prevented from landing jobs,” BNMU vice-chancellor R P Srivastava said. Mr. Srivastava said he had received several phone calls during the last one month regarding clandestine sale of B.Ed degrees for Rs.80,000 to Rs.1lakh. He said a four-member committee headed by the dean students welfare and also including the proctor and dean of social sciences was constituted some time ago to go into the complaints and during investigation it found that 242 blank degrees--147 in Hindi and 95 in English had gone missing. Suman was suspended on September 28 and FIR was lodged thereafter, he said. -PTI

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