How to change name in 10th and 12th marksheet – Often we face a situation where we need to change the name in our 10th and 12th marksheets. There can be many reasons for changing the name in the 10th and 12th marksheets, which we will mention later in this article, but before that let us know how the name can be changed in the 10th and 12th documents.
So that you get complete information about this process and the name can be changed in the 10th and 12th marksheets easily by following all the rules and laws.
How to change name in Marksheet?
This guide to change or correct your name in 10th or 12th marksheet works for all school boards and institutes in India.
- UP board marksheet correction
- MP board 10th marksheet correction
- CBSE Marksheet correction
- PSEB Board Marksheet correction
- BSEB Board Marksheet correction
- Rajasthan School Board marksheet correction
- HP Board marksheet correction
- All other state school boards.
You will also remember when we filled out the forms for our board exams. Many times, some of our classmates used to get different or wrong names written on their admit cards, whereas they had filled their correct names in the form.
Due to such mistakes of the board or our own mistake of writing the wrong name in the board exam, we may often have to face many problems in the future.
And this one mistake affects all our documents, due to which many information like name, address and date of birth can be wrong.
All such problems are solved by the education boards operating in all the states of India, but earlier it was very difficult, but now the government has made all these processes online for our convenience.
Apart from this, you can also change the name in the marksheet of 10th and 12th through the gazette notification.
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Marksheet name Correction: Reasons
Due to many reasons and mistakes made while filling out the form, the following can be the main reasons for changing the name in the marksheets:
- If there is any mistake in the name
- If there is a mistake in the name of the parents
- Name change after marriage
- If your name does not seem correct
- If there is a spelling mistake in the name by the board
- If there is a mistake in the name by the school
- Due to astrological reasons or on the advice of a Pandit
- If the name is changed after divorce
Documents required for changing the name in the marksheet
Changing the name in the marksheet is a legal and rule-abiding process, so for this we may need many important documents, on the basis of which you will be able to easily change the name in the marksheet of 10th and 12th.
These documents are as follows :
- Education related documents – 10th and 12th mark sheets and living certificate and enrollment documents received from school
- Identity card
- Address proof
- Affidavit
- Gazette notification
- Passport size photo
- Application form
Now we will know step by step how to change the name in the marksheet of 10th and 12th.
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Marksheet name correction process
As you have already been informed in this article that this process of changing name in marksheet and certificates has now been made online and very easy.
You can change the name in the marksheet and certificates online by following the given method of this process of name correction :
- To change the name of your parents, first of all you have to open the official website of your school board and download an application.
- After filling in all the information asked in this application form correctly and completely, you will also have to attach the Gazette Certificate of the Central Government with this application. Which means that the application form and the copy of the gazette certification have to be filled together.
- After that, along with this application, you will have to submit the living certification and admission form and other documents received from the school along with this application form.
- After this you have to pay the fees. The fee for correction in 10th or 12th marksheet or certification is Rs. 1000 approx. and if you want to correct the name of your parents, then the cost of the documents is also Rs. 1000 approx.
- And for migration certificate (only if needed), a charge of Rs. 250 approx. has to be paid and for provisional certificate, an amount of Rs. 200 approx. has to be paid.
In this way, by following the given method and paying the fixed amount, you can change the name in the 10th and 12th marksheet and certificates online.
Marksheet Correction via Gazette notification
To change your and your parent’s name in the marksheet or documents, you will have to get a gazette notification or gazette certification issued by the central government. In this gazette notification, you will have to provide the permanent address information in the name of your parents. Which is mandatory and in this way, you will be able to change the name.
Process of Gazette notification for Marksheet correction
The process of getting Central Gazette notification can be divided into three main parts which are as follows:
- Getting an affidavit made for changing the name
- Publishing advertisement regarding name change in two types of newspapers.
- Gazette notification
1. Affidavit for changing name in marksheet
To change the name in the marksheet of 10th and 12th through gazette notification, you will need a notarized affidavit. In this affidavit, you will have to clearly write the reason for changing the name.
- Along with this, in this affidavit, you will have to write your new name, old name, your father or husband’s name, and your permanent address clearly and correctly.
- After that, you will have to sign this affidavit.
- Then you will have to get this affidavit verified by a notary.
2. Giving advertisement in the newspaper
After the process of making the affidavit is completed, you will have to give advertisements in two types of newspapers regarding changing the name in the marksheet of 10th and 12th, out of which one newspaper should be in English and the other should be in the regional language of your state.
The information given in the newspaper should mainly include the applicant’s new name, old name, your permanent address and your date of birth, all this information should be written correctly and clearly.
3. Gazette notification publication
After giving advertisement in the newspaper to change the name in the marksheet, you will also have to get the notification of name change published in the Gazette of India.
To get the notification of name change published in the gazette, you will need some main documents which are as follows:
- Affidavit signed by you
- Cuttings of advertisements given by you in newspaper
- Two passport size photographs
- Any government ID of the new name (PAN card, Aadhar card, etc.)
You have to pay some fee to get the notification published in the gazette, which is decided by the government.
After preparing all the documents mentioned and with the correct information, the applicant has to go to the gazette office, where the file of your documents will be submitted.
After submitting the file, the process of changing the name can take about 30 to 40 days.
After the new name is published in the gazette notification, you can easily change the name in the marksheets and certificates of 10th and 12th.
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Fee charged for changing name in mark sheet through Gazette
| Fee for change of name of minor child | Rs. 1700 |
| Fee for changing the name of a major | Rs. 1100 |
| Name change fee through public notice | Rs. 1400 |
Conclusion
Hopefully, after reading this article, the question will not arise in your mind that “How to change name in marksheet”. In this article, every effort has been made to give you detailed, correct and clear information. If you have any question related to changing name in the marksheet, then you can ask in the comment section. I hope the information given in this article about changing name in educational documents will be useful in your life somewhere.
