• Union Education Minister announced that in order to ensure hassle free access to verified Online Teacher Pupil Registration Management System (OTPRMS) Certificates, the Ministry of Education has decided to link the certificates with DigiLocker.

    • The issued certificates will automatically be transferred to DigiLocker.

    • One can trace the certificates at the website of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) at https://ncte.gov.in/website/DigiLocker.aspx and DigiLocker at https://digilocker.gov.in/.

    • DigiLocker App may be downloaded from for Android phone and for iPhone. 

    • OTPRMS certificates are now also available in digital format to candidates through DigiLocker. 

    • The candidates who have received their OTPRMS certificate from NCTE, can also download the same in their DigiLocker App for Android phone from Google Play Store and for iPhone from App Store.

    • The Minister also informed that the registration fee of Rs. 200/-, payable for obtaining OTPRMS Certificates, issued by NCTE has been waived off. 

    • This will enable all stakeholders across India to be digitally empowered facilitating ease of doing business.

About DigiLocker

    • DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under Digital India Corporation (DIC).

    • It aims at ‘Digital Empowerment’ of citizen by providing access to authentic digital documents to citizen’s digital document wallet. 

    • The issued documents in DigiLocker system are deemed to be at par with original physical documents as per Rule 9A of the Information Technology Rules, 2016.

Benefits of DigiLocker

Benefits to Citizens

    • Important Documents Anytime, Anywhere!

    • Authentic Documents, Legally at Par with Originals.

    • Digital Document Exchange with the consent of the citizen.

    • Faster service Delivery- Government Benefits, Employment, Financial Inclusion, Education, Health.

Benefits to Agencies

    • Reduced Administrative Overhead: Aimed at the concept of paperless governance. It reduces the administrative overhead by minimizing the use of paper and curtailing the verification process.

    • Digital Transformation: Provides trusted issued documents. Issued Documents available via DigiLocker are fetched in real-time directly from the issuing agency.

    • Secure Document Gateway: Acts as a secure document exchange platform like payment gateway between trusted issuer and trusted Requester/Verifier with the consent of the citizen.

    • Real Time Verification: Provides a verification module enabling government agencies to verify data directly from issuers after obtaining user consent.

(The author is a trainer for Civil Services aspirants. The views expressed here are personal.)