School certificates: TC, study and bonafide certificates
How to ask a school in Andhra Pradesh 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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1Your situation
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- What do you need?
- 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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3Your steps
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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.
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We found no Andhra Pradesh 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. 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 Andhra Pradesh 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 the integrated caste, nativity and date of birth certificate the Konaseema 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 found no Andhra Pradesh 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
You can try the School Education Department's RTE grievance portal (sign up as parent, student or guardian); its toll-free line is 1800-425-8599.
The portal says it is for admission or facility problems in schools, and its sign-up asks for the mobile number linked to an application. Not confirmed: whether it takes a complaint about a TC; ask on the toll-free line. If the child is moving to a government or aided school, under the Act you can also give a written complaint to the local authority, which must decide it within three months.
Open the official pageNot confirmed
We have not confirmed which office is the "local authority" that takes these complaints in Andhra Pradesh; ask at the Mandal Educational Officer (MEO) or District Educational Officer (DEO) office.
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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 PGRS: at your village or ward secretariat any day, at the Collectorate on Monday, on the PGRS portal or the app.
You need your Aadhaar number to register the complaint. You get the grievance number by SMS.
Open the official pageNot confirmed
We found no Andhra Pradesh rule on TCs for Classes 9 and 10. Ask whether you can also give a written complaint at the District Educational Officer (DEO) office.
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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). If you are not satisfied with a PGRS answer you can re-open it twice: first it goes to a district officer, then to the head of the department.
Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page
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If it is rejectedIf the school refuses to give the certificate, you can complain through PGRS: at your village or ward secretariat any day, at the Collectorate on Monday, on the PGRS portal or the app.
If the school refuses to give the certificate, you can complain through PGRS: at your village or ward secretariat any day, at the Collectorate on Monday, on the PGRS portal or the app. You need your Aadhaar number to register the complaint.
Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page
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If it is rejectedIf you are not satisfied with a PGRS answer you can re-open it twice: first it goes to a district officer, then to the head of the department.
If you are not satisfied with a PGRS answer you can re-open it twice: first it goes to a district officer, then to the head of the department.
Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page
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If it is lateIf the local authority does not decide within three months, or the RTE portal complaint gets no answer, call the toll-free line 1800-425-8599 or complain through PGRS.
If the local authority does not decide within three months, or the RTE portal complaint gets no answer, call the toll-free line 1800-425-8599 or complain through PGRS.
RTE grievance portal and toll-free helpline · Open the official page
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If it is lateIf the school delays the certificate, you can complain through PGRS: at your village or ward secretariat any day, at the Collectorate on Monday, on the PGRS portal or the app.
If the school delays the certificate, you can complain through PGRS: at your village or ward secretariat any day, at the Collectorate on Monday, on the PGRS portal or the app. You need your Aadhaar number to register the complaint.
Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page
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If it is lateYou can check the status of your PGRS complaint with the link sent by SMS when it was registered, or on the PGRS portal with the grievance number.
You can check the status of your PGRS complaint with the link sent by SMS when it was registered, or on the PGRS portal with the grievance number.
Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) · Open the official page
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If you are asked for more moneyIf you are asked for a bribe to issue the certificate: the PGRS FAQ says bribe complaints go to the ACB helpline.
If you are asked for a bribe to issue the certificate: the PGRS FAQ says bribe complaints go to the ACB helpline. Call the ACB toll-free on 1064, or write to complaints-acb@ap.gov.in.
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)
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Official websites for this work
- School Education (Andhra Pradesh) RTE 25% seats: notices and applying
- PGRS (Andhra Pradesh) Complain to the state government
Related guides
The 5 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(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
- RTE Grievance Redressal PortalDepartment of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Page text: file, track and resolve admission or facility-related issues across schools in Andhra Pradesh under the RTE Act, 2009; toll free helpline 1800-425-8599; log in or sign up as parent, student or guardian; sign-up asks for the mobile number linked to an application · read on 02-11-2026
- PGRS: FAQ'sPublic Grievance Redressal System (PGRS), Government of Andhra Pradesh (Real Time Governance Society), Who can register and how (a valid Aadhaar number; village/ward secretariat every day, Collectorate on Monday, portal, app); Grievance No by SMS; re-opening twice (district level, then HoD); ACB helpline for corruption or bribes · read on 02-11-2026
- Caste Certificate: Integrated Certificate (Caste-Nativity-DOB)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Required documents 3 ('SSC Marks Memo/ DOB Extract/ Transfer Certificate') and 4 ('1 to 10th study certificates or DOB issued by the GP/MA') · read on 02-11-2026
- MeeSeva Official Portal, home pageElectronic Services Delivery (MeeSeva), Government of Andhra Pradesh, Notice "Asking Bribe? – Call ACB 1064 or send a mail to complaints-acb@ap.gov.in" · read on 01-11-2026