Gujarat schools asked to achieve 100 percent APAAR registration by Jan 31

Among the schools which have not opened the APAAR registration, the highest are in Ahmedabad city (AMC) followed by Surat city (SMC), Chhota Udepur, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Morbi.
The matter was discussed at length during the fifth chief secretaries’ conference held in Delhi and those districts that have not even started the process till date were sought for an explanation.

“It is directed to conduct daily monitoring and review of how many APAAR IDs are generated and necessary action to be taken,” the directive, issued by the Gujarat government, states.

Regular video conference meetings with district education officers for APAAR ID, that is aimed at strengthening ‘Ease of schooling’ and serving as a lifelong academic passport, consolidating all achievements and credentials of a student in one place, has also been conducted over the last few weeks.

“The APAAR IDs are expected to help in skill gap analysis and provide industry relevant content for upskilling programmes, by monitoring students’ academic records. While APAAR will facilitate tracking of each student’s enrollment, attendance, grade progression in compliance with the Right to Education Act, it will also help in tracking ‘Out of School Children’ (OoSC), ‘gifted children’, children from marginalised communities and their engagement with educational institutions. It is also expected to help in identifying ‘at-risk’ students, which will in turn ensure timely intervention to prevent dropping out of the school system,” an education official stated.

Once all IDs are created, the data collected through APAAR will be shared with the Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK), said a District Education Officer (DEO). This will aid in decision making for educational policies and resource allocation. The VSK will help in analysing the trends, assess educational outcomes and identify areas customised to the region.

Though it was launched on February 13,2024 by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, it was in September 2024 that the APAAR ID generation campaign was started at the school level. In Gujarat, the communication and awareness campaign for parents was started last year.

12-digit number for every student

APAAR is a specialised identification system designed for all students across schools. This initiative is part of the ‘One Nation, One Student ID’ programme launched by the Union government, aligning with the National Education Policy 2020 and the National Credit and Qualifications Framework (NCrF). In Gujarat, it is launched at the school level. APAAR assigns a unique and permanent 12-digit ID to every student, offering a comprehensive record of their academic as well as co-curricular achievements. This ID functions as a permanent digital identity for the student in the education ecosystem.