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To avoid delays in uploading the List of Candidates (LOC) for Classes X and XII, the CBSE has also allowed flexibility in other cases.
Amidst mounting complaints from schools over mismatched Aadhaar data, parental consent issues, and technical glitches, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to ease the mandatory requirement of APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) IDs for board exam candidates this year.
In a recent circular, the Board acknowledged that schools were running into multiple hurdles while trying to generate the new academic IDs for students.
These included “difficulty in integration between different portals,” “different data of a student in the school and in Aadhaar records,” “time taken to complete the correction/updating process,” and “lack of parental consent”.
Parental consent has been one of the biggest sticking points since the APAAR rollout began last year. Several state governments had already directed schools to seek signed approval forms from parents, many of whom were hesitant to link their child’s academic profile with Aadhaar due to privacy concerns. The CBSE has now clarified that if parents refuse consent, schools should simply record the entry as ‘REFUSED’ while uploading exam forms.
To avoid delays in uploading the List of Candidates (LOC) for Classes X and XII, the CBSE has also allowed flexibility in other cases. The circular issued on September 9 to all CBSE-affiliated schools said, “In case of APAAR IDs not being generated owing to lack of consent of parents, a copy of the denial of consent by parents be maintained by the schools and entry against APAAR be made as ‘REFUSED’ in the LOC. In case of APAAR IDs not being generated owing to other reasons, entry against APAAR be made as ‘NOGEN’. In all other cases, APAAR ID shall be indicated.”
The APAAR is part of the Union government’s ‘One Nation, One Student ID’ plan under the National Education Policy-2020. Each student will eventually have a single lifelong number, linked to the Academic Bank of Credits and DigiLocker, to store marksheets, transfer records easily between schools, and simplify verification for college admissions or jobs.
The CBSE, in its recent circular, underlined that the system is aimed at “ensuring transparency, accountability and seamless academic mobility”. For now, however, schools can proceed with board exam registrations even if some APAAR IDs are still pending.
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