Aadhaar, APAAR IDs made must for candidates registering for CET

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While candidates have to generate APAAR ID, they also have to ensure that information on the Aadhaar card—such as the candidate’s name, date of birth as per the Class 10 certificate, latest photograph, address, father’s name, and a mobile number linked to Aadhaar—must be correct and active.

Additionally, candidates with disabilities will be required to upload a disability certificate issued by a competent authority or a Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card. Whereas Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates who are eligible to opt for scribes must submit details of two scribes at the time of online application.

The State CET Cell conducts online common entrance examinations for admission to a total of 20 different professional undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across six disciplines of higher education – Technical, Medical, AYUSH, Agricultural, Traditional and Fine Arts Education. CET Cell also implements a centralised admission process for 73 courses. This year nearly 14lakh students participated in admissions to various courses.

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Earlier this month, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education had declared that students appearing for board examinations – Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) – will be required to have an APAAR ID.

Apart from allowing access to students to their digital marksheets, this move according to the state board is to streamline academic services, admissions and making education related government schemes more accessible.