Summary:
Students hoping for admission find that they might be turned down because they do not have an OBC certificate that is valid.There are at least 68 communities listed as OBC in the state. There is also no clarity in the norms - must we consider the OBC certificate at the time of the student's eventual admission or when he or she has first sent an application? JAIPUR: Among those who are soon to take the Pre-Teacher Education Test in the state to seek admission in the Bachelor of Education (BEd) course, there is now much confusion about the 'Other Backward Castes' (OBC) certificate. While certificates for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are issued once in a lifetime and valid for life, the OBC certificates have to be renewed in three years. In some cases, the certificate was valid at the time the application was made..