Punjab ombudsman Lahore BISE Told to amend alias policy
LAHORE, June 10: The Punjab ombudsman on Thursday directed the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore, to amend its policy regarding mentioning of the old name of a student in duplicate/corrected matriculation certificate with the addition of the word ‘alias’.
Mahmood Khan Parwaz submitted an application to the ombudsman stating that the name of his son, Muhammad Tanvir Ahmad, was mistakenly printed as Hafiz Muhammad Tanvir in the admission form of matriculation exam 2008 and the result card/original certificate of matriculation was issued with the same mistake.
On his application, he said, the board corrected his son’s name, but the old name was also printed with the addition of the word ‘alias’. He requested the ombudsman that directions be given to the board to delete the old name along with the word ‘alias’ from the certificate.
The board claimed the student’s name had been corrected on his request and the old name was mentioned with the word ‘alias’ as per rules.
The ombudsman observed that the old name mentioned as ‘alias’ was generally considered to be another name of the same person and could create complications on production of such a document by a person in future.
The ombudsman directed the BISE to issue a fresh certificate to the complainant in which the word ‘alias’ with the old name be deleted and the old name be separately mentioned in the duplicate certificate to indicate that the particulars were printed in the original certificate in that way.
He directed the board to amend its policy and not to print the word ‘alias’ in the duplicate certificates and if considered necessary, the particulars of previous/old name of a candidate be separately shown/printed at the bottom of a duplicate certificate.
All educational boards were also directed to amend their policies accordingly.Dawan
