Ministry of Education warns job aspirants against fake websites
New Delhi, March 7: The Ministry of Education on Monday issued a statement and gave clarification regarding fake websites that are allegedly duping job aspirants.
According to an official statement by the ministry, "in order to dupe innocent applicants, several websites have been created with the name similar to the schemes of the department like www.sarvashiksha.online, https://samagra.shikshaabhiyan.co.in, https://shikshaabhiyan.org.in."
The Ministry further added that these websites are offering employment opportunities to aspiring candidates and misguiding the job applicants through the layout of the website, content and presentation in a manner similar to the original website. These websites are asking for money from the respondents for the applications.
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While these websites have been brought to the notice of the Department of School Education and Literacy, the ministry cautioned that there may be more such websites/social media accounts promising jobs and demanding payment for the recruiting process.
Advising the general public the ministry stated, "The general public is advised to avoid applying for job opportunities on such websites and to ensure themselves that the websites are authorised by visiting the official website of the concerned Department/personal inquiry/telephone call/e-mail to safeguard their own interest," the ministry continued.
"Any person applying on these websites will be doing so at his own risk & cost and shall be responsible for the consequences thereof," it said.
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