Certification is required. According to the inquiry of Xinhua News Agency. Com, those who don't have the electronic registration form of the education certificate of the Ministry of Education need to be certified. Certification method: You can apply for a free written certification report, including a higher education diploma that graduated before 2002, and you can issue a higher education diploma certificate for those who graduated before 2002. People who have no registration information in the database can also apply for a written certification report.