School certificates: TC, study and bonafide certificates
How to ask a school in Telangana for a transfer certificate (TC), a study certificate or a bonafide certificate, and where to complain if the school will not give the TC.
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Published on 12-11-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.
For whom: Parents and students who are changing schools or need school certificates for an application.
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- Which class did the child last study at that school?
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Write the child's name, class, admission number, the years studied, which certificate you need and why.
If you don't have it: You can write it yourself; we found no official word of a set form for it. The RTE Act does not ask for a written request, and we found no official rule that does. The letter gives you proof of the date you asked.
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- Do this nowIf: A TC to join another school
Give the head master of the school the child last attended a written request for the TC.
For children in Classes 1 to 8 moving to a government or aided school, the RTE Act (section 5) says the head master must issue the TC immediately; a head master who delays it is liable to disciplinary action. Section 5 does not cover moving to an unaided private school, or to a school such as Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya or Sainik.
Not confirmed
We could not read any Telangana rule on whether a TC has a fee, its format, the record sheet some schools give with it, or how many days a school may take for Classes 9 and 10 (the School Education Department's website did not open on 2 November 2026). Ask at the school office and get a receipt.
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- Do this nowIf: A TC to join another schoolIf: Class 1 to 8
Ask the new school for admission.
If it is a government or aided school, it may not delay or refuse admission because the TC is late (RTE Act, section 5). Section 5 does not cover unaided private schools, or schools such as Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya or Sainik, so ask those schools what they need. The Act also says a child may not be refused for lack of age proof, or for coming in the middle of the year (sections 14 and 15; Classes 1 to 8).
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- Do this nowIf: A study certificate or a bonafide certificate
Ask the head master of each school the child attended, in writing, for the study certificate or bonafide certificate that the office you are applying to has asked for.
Not confirmed: we found no official Telangana page saying what each certificate shows or who must issue it. The office you are applying to says which classes it needs: for example, for a caste certificate the Suryapet district page lists the SSC memo, a date of birth extract or the TC, and also study certificates for Classes 1 to 10 or a date of birth record issued by the GP/MA (as the page writes it).
Not confirmed
We could not read any Telangana rule on how a school issues study and bonafide certificates, whether there is a fee, or how many days it may take. Not confirmed: we found no official word on who holds a closed school's records; ask at the Mandal Educational Officer (MEO) office.
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- Do this nowIf: The school is not giving the TC, or is delaying it
Ask again for the TC in writing and keep the copy signed as received.
For a child in Classes 1 to 8 moving to a government or aided school, the Act says the TC must be issued immediately. That new school may not delay or refuse admission because the TC is late, so do not let the child's schooling stop.
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- Do this nowIf: The school is not giving the TC, or is delaying itIf: Class 1 to 8
If the child is moving to a government or aided school: under the RTE Act (section 32) you can give a written complaint to the local authority, which must hear both sides and decide within three months.
The Act calls the municipality, zilla parishad or panchayat, or another body with administrative control over the school, the local authority. Not confirmed: which office takes these complaints in Telangana; ask at the Mandal Educational Officer (MEO) or District Educational Officer (DEO) office where to give it, and get a receipt when you do.
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- Do this nowIf: The school is not giving the TC, or is delaying itIf: Class 9 or 10
If the school will not give a Class 9 or 10 TC, complain through Prajavani (at the Collectorate, or CM Prajavani online).
Prajavani complaints go to the District Collector or the head of the department. Not confirmed: whether the District Educational Officer (DEO) office takes this complaint; you can ask there too.
Not confirmed
We could not read any Telangana rule on TCs for Classes 9 and 10.
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If something goes wrong
If it is rejectedIf you disagree with the local authority's decision, you can appeal to the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RTE Act, section 32).
If you disagree with the local authority's decision, you can appeal to the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RTE Act, section 32). You can also complain through Prajavani.
State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
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If it is rejectedIf the school refuses to give the certificate, you can complain through Prajavani (at the Collectorate, or CM Prajavani online).
If the school refuses to give the certificate, you can complain through Prajavani (at the Collectorate, or CM Prajavani online).
Prajavani (Collectorate; CM Prajavani)
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If it is rejectedIf the school keeps refusing to give the TC, you can complain through Prajavani (at the Collectorate, or CM Prajavani online).
If the school keeps refusing to give the TC, you can complain through Prajavani (at the Collectorate, or CM Prajavani online).
Prajavani (Collectorate; CM Prajavani)
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If it is lateIf the local authority gives no decision within three months, you can complain at the Collectorate's Prajavani (ask the Collectorate which day it is held), or through CM Prajavani online.
If the local authority gives no decision within three months, you can complain at the Collectorate's Prajavani (ask the Collectorate which day it is held), or through CM Prajavani online.
Prajavani (Collectorate; CM Prajavani)
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If it is lateIf the school delays the certificate, you can complain at the Collectorate's Prajavani (ask the Collectorate which day it is held), or through CM Prajavani online.
If the school delays the certificate, you can complain at the Collectorate's Prajavani (ask the Collectorate which day it is held), or through CM Prajavani online.
Prajavani (Collectorate; CM Prajavani)
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If it is lateIf the school keeps delaying the TC, you can complain at the Collectorate's Prajavani (ask the Collectorate which day it is held), or through CM Prajavani online.
If the school keeps delaying the TC, you can complain at the Collectorate's Prajavani (ask the Collectorate which day it is held), or through CM Prajavani online.
Prajavani (Collectorate; CM Prajavani)
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If you are asked for more moneyIf you are asked for a bribe, or money that is not an official charge, to issue the certificate, you can complain through Prajavani.
If you are asked for a bribe, or money that is not an official charge, to issue the certificate, you can complain through Prajavani. Not confirmed: we found no official Telangana page naming the office that takes such complaints about schools.
Prajavani (Collectorate; CM Prajavani)
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Related guides
The 3 official pages and papers this guide is written from
- The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (No. 35 of 2009), Gazette of IndiaMinistry of Law and Justice, Government of India (copy on the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights website), Section 2(h) (local authority), 2(n) and 2(p) (kinds of school), 5(2)–(3) (right to transfer; the head teacher shall immediately issue the transfer certificate; delay in producing it is no ground for delaying or denying admission; disciplinary action for delay), 14 (age proof; no denial for lack of it), 15 (admission after the extended period), 32 (written complaint to the local authority, decided within three months; appeal to the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights); a scanned copy read by OCR, section 5 read from the page image (27-08-2009) · read on 02-11-2026
- Caste Certificate (MeeSeva service)Suryapet District Administration, Government of Telangana, Required documents: 'SSC Marks Memo/ DOB Extract/ Transfer Certificate'; '1 to 10th study certificates or DOB issued by the GP/MA' · read on 02-11-2026
- Prajavani at Praja Bhavan, effective Grievance Redressal SystemCentre for Good Governance, Government of Telangana, Project brief (a platform for complaints about public services and governance; grievances routed to District Collectors or department heads; direct submission by citizens); roll-out table (CM Prajavani online application from 23 January 2024; Hyderabad District Collectorate Prajavani: Collectorate integration, Monday sessions) · read on 02-11-2026