# Free bonafide certificate maker for schools Source: https://scoolin.com/tools/bonafide-certificate-maker > Make a bonafide certificate for your school in a minute: name and logo, the student’s class and session, and its purpose. Print on A4 or save a PDF. Free. [Home](https://scoolin.com/) [Free tools](https://scoolin.com/tools) Bonafide certificate maker ## Bonafide certificate maker Make a bonafide certificate for a student, with your school’s name, logo and the principal’s signature, and print it on A4. - Free, no sign-up - Stays on this computer - Prints on A4 Preview The text is too long for one page, so some of it is cut off. Make a few details shorter, or leave some rows off in step 3. Saved in this browser as you go. Nothing is uploaded. This browser isn’t keeping your work, so it will be gone when you close this tab. Print or save the PDF before you leave. Certificate [TC](https://scoolin.com/tools/transfer-certificate-maker) [Bonafide](https://scoolin.com/tools/bonafide-certificate-maker) [Character](https://scoolin.com/tools/character-certificate-maker) Your school and students carry over between the three. ### 1 **Pick a design** Classic Modern Band Letterhead paper Colour ### 2 **Your school** Logo Add the logo School name Address Phone Email Board, affiliation no. or school code Session Place, beside the date Principal’s signature Add the signature A clear photo of the signature on white paper works; the white doesn’t show. Or leave it out and sign by hand. Signed by ### 3 **Students** Find a student Student’s name Son, daughter or ward Son Daughter Ward Father or guardian Mother’s name Class and section Admission no. Date of birth Certificate no. What it’s for ### 4 **Print** Print Only the student shown Every student, one to a page Date on the certificate - In the print window, choose **A4**, set **Scale** to 100% (or “Actual size”) and **Margins** to None. - On paper with your letterhead already printed, pick the **Letterhead paper** design and print one page first to check it lines up. - Choose **Save as PDF** to keep a copy or email it. ## Paste your student list In Excel or Google Sheets, select the rows with the heading row on top, copy them, and paste here. Student list Or open a CSV file Add to my list Replace my list How it works ## A bonafide certificate in four steps. - 1 **Pick a design** Four designs in your school’s colour, or one for paper with your letterhead already printed. - 2 **Add your school** Logo, name, address and the principal’s signature. Kept for next time. - 3 **Add the student** Type in one, or paste a whole class from Excel and print each one’s. - 4 **Print** On A4, one certificate to a page, or save a PDF. Good to know ## Before you sign it Short answers on what a bonafide certificate is and how it differs from a character certificate. ### What is a bonafide certificate? A letter from the school saying the student studies there now, in a given class and session. Students are asked for one to open a bank account, for scholarship forms, for a bus or rail pass, and for some exam forms. ### Bonafide or character certificate? Both are letters signed by the principal, but they answer different questions. | | Bonafide | Character | | Says | The student studies here now | The student studied here, and how they conducted themselves | | Asked for | While studying: a bank, a scholarship, a pass | When leaving: by the next school or college | | Given | Any time in the session | Usually with the TC, or after the board results | ### Before you sign it A few checks, since a bank or a scholarship office reads every word. - The name spelt as in the admission register - This session’s class and section - The date of birth from the register - The signature and the school’s seal **Issuing certificates every week?** In Scoolin, each student’s admission date, class, attendance and fees are already in their record, so a TC or a bonafide certificate fills itself in and prints in one click, with a register of every certificate issued. [Book a free demo](https://scoolin.com/demo) FAQ ## About bonafide certificates. **Something else?** Scoolin fills certificates in from its records. [See it on a call](https://scoolin.com/demo) . ### What do I write in “What it’s for”? A few words that finish the sentence “This certificate is issued for the purpose of…”, like **opening a bank account** or **a scholarship application**. Left empty, it says the certificate is issued on request. ### Can I change the wording? Not yet. The text is the usual wording for a bonafide certificate, filled in with the student’s details. If your school needs different words, tell us on the [contact page](https://scoolin.com/contact-us) . ### Can I print on our own letterhead paper? Yes. Pick the **Letterhead paper** design. It leaves the top of the page empty for the letterhead already printed on it. Print one page first to check it lines up. ### Son, daughter or ward: where do I say which? Pick one for each student in step 3, and the certificate says “son of” or “daughter of”, and “his” or “her”. Until you pick, it writes both, like “son/daughter of”, as printed forms do. A pasted list’s Gender column is read too: M or Male is a son, F or Female a daughter. ### Are the students’ details uploaded anywhere? No. Everything you type stays in this browser, on this computer; nothing is sent to Scoolin. It is kept for the next time you open the page, and the TC, bonafide and character certificate pages share it. **Start over** clears it. ### Is it really free? Yes. No sign-up, no limit on students, and nothing of ours printed on the certificate.