the council for indian school certificate examinations cisce has decided to include the names of either parents or legal guardians in the pass certificate for both icse and isc the council was the only board in india so far to not have asked for details about candidatesrenu passi a parenti think that parents names should be included in the pass certificate as it serves as an identity proof later in professional life too the parents name can be verified from documents prepared during school years in case of visa and passport these documents become sufficient proof of identity puran chand joint secretary cobsethere are many advantages of including parents names in certificates as there are cases where students may have similar names including their date of birth in such cases only parentage can identify and differentiate them otherwise a wrong marksheet can play havoc in a students life secondly there is a culture in our country where students are identified by their parents name so naming parents on certificates definitely supports that culture sanjay kumar lecturer delhi university i do feel that parents names should be included in certificates teenagers enjoy more freedom today but there are places where parental involvement becomes necessary a lot of students in colleges forge their documents name of guardians if included in certificates could be verified and they could also be held accountable for any misdeed garima singh class xii kv pitampurai dont think that parents name is necessary on certificates for a simple reason that the marks secured by us is the result of our hard work name on certificates could become a reason for discrimination by schools if the student is an orphan or a single parent child and most importantly the student does the preparation he or she is the one who secures the marks so a students name is more than sufficient on such documents