The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has amended the policy for degree attestation as applicant for degree attestation will no longer be required to submit information about previous or subsequent academic qualification. According to a notification issued by the HEC here on Monday, degree will be attested solely on its merits. The notification stated, "It is notified that the competent authority has decided that every degree will be attested solely on its merits i.e. whether it has been issued by a recognized institution and whether the institution has the legal authority to issue such degree."
Applicants for attestation will no longer be required to submit information about previous or subsequent academic qualification. All degrees from the HEC recognized institutions in subjects where they are authorized to issue such degrees and from campuses/colleges authorized to offer the relevant programs will be verified / attested /equated. However, degrees from unrecognized institutions or from unrecognized and unauthorized campuses or colleges and /or in unauthorized subjects will not be verified / attested/equated. Furthermore, all other codal formalities are to be adhered to as per prevailing standard operating procedures (SoPs) for processing cases of attestation or equivalence, the HEC said.