Government pitches for APAAR student ID in states

Posted on: 09 Jan, 04:45 AM

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The Union education ministry has pitched that all education records of students be integrated into the new APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) ID..

Linked to the Digilocker and ideally the Aadhaar number, the new student ID is envisaged as a "universal student identifier" throughout the school education system..

It is expected to be started off at government and government-aided schools, with a plan for universalisation, the Union education ministry told all the state chief secretaries last month...

Similar timelines - from 2024-25 to 2026-27 - are proposed for moving the admission system online for all government and government-aided schools as well as transition and movement of students across schools..

While schedules for improvement examinations are to go online in the upcoming academic year 2024-25, online verification and authentication of all educational records is to be achieved in three phases, starting with a 30% target for 2024-25 and a 100% switch by 2026-27...

Full story at Economic Times |

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