Ministry of Education launched the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) using Common Service Centres (CSCs) in remote villages across the country.
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Ministry of Education launched the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) using Common Service Centres (CSCs) in remote villages across the country. The goal of APAAR is to set up a unified student identification system called 'One Nation, One Student ID'. APAAR is part of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) requiring all college/university students to register on the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC). Under the new rule, possessing an ABC ID is mandatory for college or university admission. Launching the programme, Sanjay Kumar, secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy, highlighted the growing digital services in the country and how they can benefit school education through CSCs.
K Sanjay Murthy, secretary of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, stressed the government's use of technology platforms like Samarth, Swayam, and Diksha for student benefit, aiming to cover at least 10,000 institutions under Samarth in the next 1.5 years.
The significant role of CSCs in APAAR and Samarth and likened the Academic Bank of Credits to the National Academic Depository (NAD), emphasising its administration by academic institutions.
Cabinet Minister- Dharmendra Pradhan
State Minister- Annpurna Devi, Dr. Subhas Sarkar, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
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