The Minister of Educations has taken steps to secure the authenticity of the educational certificates issued by the Department of Examinations. This is a jointly conducted with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As per the instructions of the Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam,the Ministry has entered the process of sending out the copies of education certificates to embassies of the respective country whenever it is requested by any party. Therefor the margin to alter certificates will be reduced.
Also the Minister has instructed the officials to improve the quality of the certificate issued to recipients.