Odisha lags in APAAR ID scheme with only 10% students enrolled

BHUBANESWAR: Generation of automated permanent academic account registry (APAAR) IDs, launched by the Centre to establish ‘One Nation, One Student ID’ in the country, has remained critically low in Odisha.

Generation of APAAR IDs, a specialised identification system designed for students across the country, has only been around 10 per cent in the state so far, placing it at 18th rank nationally, said sources in the directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE).

The directorate attributed the poor show to the disturbingly low generation of APAAR IDs in districts like Ganjam, Koraput and Mayurbhanj, where a high enrolment of students have been recorded in the higher secondary level.