# Telangana finds 37 lecturers with fake degrees 2026-08-08T03:37:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Telangana Intermediate Education department has discovered 37 government junior lecturers submitted fake educational certificates when their jobs were regularised in 2023. The department re-examined certificates of about 360 contract lecturers and found that post-graduate and BTech degrees were not issued by the universities named. Show-cause notices have been sent, and the lecturers face disciplinary action plus criminal charges for forgery and cheating under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. This is not the first such case: 20 lecturers were earlier dismissed for fake certificates, and another 20 were terminated during the regularisation process itself. The Students' Federation of India has demanded a full inquiry into how the certificates were verified during recruitment and called for digital verification of qualifications from out-of-state universities. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com - thehindu.com Tags: education department, fake certificates, forgery, junior lecturers, regularisation, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/fake-certificates-caught-among-37-telangana-junior-lecturers/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/fake-certificates-caught-among-37-telangana-junior-lecturers/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.