Apaar IDs Issued to More Than 99 Lakh Students In State

The Central Ministry of Education has given instructions to prepare Apar (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) IDs of children studying in schools in the state. The objective of this is to give identity in the form of ‘One Nation–One Student’. In this programme, each student will get a lifetime ID. On the basis of this, it will be easy to track the academic progress of student from pre-primary education to higher education. The School Education Department has so far prepared Apaar IDs of about 99 lakh 41 thousand children.

For preparing Apaar IDs, the department has appointed district education officers as nodal officers. Along with this, in each school one teacher has been made the in-charge nodal officer. Meetings have also been organised in the state to obtain the consent of parents for making ‘Apaar’ IDs. In the state, 50 lakh Apar IDs are yet to be made. For this, a definite time limit has been given to the district education officers. At present in Madhya Pradesh about 65 percent Apaar IDs have been made, which is more than the national average of 56 percent.

Uses of Apaar ID

‘Apaar’ ID will work like an academic credit bank. It will have a digital store house in which there will be information related to academic career of students. By sharing the ‘Apaar’ ID, all the documents of the child will reach the new school. If the student moves from one state to another state, then all the related details will also be transferred to the other state. For this, he will not need a transfer certificate. ‘Apaar’ ID will empower the career of students. With this ID, dropout children can be monitored and they can be brought back into the mainstream. The ID will be the gateway to reach the Digilocker ecosystem, which will help students in knowing all achievements like examination results, overall report card, health card, learning outcomes as well as other skill training of students. In the future, students can use the credit score for their higher education or employment purpose. The use of Apaar ID has also been recognised for entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), admission scholarship details, transfer of government benefits, and issuance of awards.