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Gnu Group Learning Academy is operated by GNU IT Solutions and Services.

Certificate-enabled programs

The Fundamentals programmes listed below are free to learn and assess. A learner who wants a Gnu Group Certificate of Successful Completion must first pass the applicable Academy assessment. Payment is offered only after the server records eligibility.

Assessment

Each assessment is generated from the program question bank and records a server-side start and expiry time. The countdown cannot be paused by refreshing or closing the browser. Unanswered questions count as incorrect. Browser-local answer recovery is provided only to reduce accidental loss after a refresh; the server remains authoritative for attempt timing and scoring.

Attempts

Up to two assessment attempts are permitted per learner email in a rolling 24-hour period. Current certificate-enabled assessments expire after 35 minutes.

Tax invoice

After a verified payment and certificate issuance, the learner can retrieve the private tax invoice using the certificate ID and assessment email address. Indian orders record the applicable GST snapshot; eligible international zero-rated orders can carry the export-under-LUT endorsement and destination details captured at checkout. Tax invoices are not exposed on the public verification record.

Credential format

Issued credentials receive a unique certificate ID, QR verification link, issuance fingerprint, server-generated A4 landscape PDF and public verification record. The PDF is rendered from the certificate issuance snapshot and certificate template version.

Delivery and recovery

Where transactional email is configured, the Academy sends the issued certificate PDF and permanent certificate/verification links to the assessment email address. Learners can also use My Certificates to request a short-lived, single-use access link sent to that same email. Certificate recovery does not create a new certificate or require a second payment.

Credential scope

The certificate records successful completion of the named Gnu Group Learning Academy program. It is not a vendor certification, government licence, statutory qualification or third-party accreditation unless a future program expressly states otherwise.

Verification and revocation

The public verification record shows learner name, program, assessment score, issue date, record fingerprint and current certificate status. Revoked credentials remain verifiable as revoked; they are not silently deleted. A downloaded PDF for a non-active record is visibly watermarked with its current status.

Identity

The Academy currently uses the learner name and email declared at assessment start. It does not currently perform government-ID identity verification. Stronger identity verification may be introduced for future professional credentials.

Demo certificate

A non-valid demonstration certificate is available at https://learn.gnugroup.org/academy/demo-certificate.