The Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry or APAAR initiative aims to provide a unique and permanent 12-digit ID to every student which will also have all their academic achievements in one place
APAAR has been conceptualised under NEP 2020 which mandates all college/university-going students to register on Academic Bank of Credits. | Education News
Launched as part of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) now makes registering on the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) mandatory for all college/university students.
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.
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