HRD ministry signs MoU with UIDAI

NEW DELHI: Recognising the efficacy of the ' Aadhaar' unique identification number in delivering education based programmes, the HRD Ministry today signed an MoU with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

The proposed MoU would be helpful in tracking student's mobility by creating an electronic registry of all students, right from primary and elementary level through secondary and higher education, as also between the institutions.

"Besides, it will also be useful in bringing efficiency in the mid-day meal scheme," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said.

The MoU was signed between joint secretary in the HRD Ministry Amit Khare and deputy director general of UIDAI, in the presence of Sibal and UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani.

Sibal said imprinting of the unique identification number on performance record of individual students like marksheet, merit certificate and migration certificate will be helpful to prospective employers and educational institutes.

"UID number will also help in tracking problems of fake degrees while the number can also be utilised with dematting of academic certificates and also loan and scholarship schemes," he said.

The Government has set up the UIDAI for issuing UID number to all citizens, based on demographic and biometric data of the individuals.

Nilekani said the UID number can also be used to identify children from the underprivileged sections for admission into the neighbourhood school as envisaged in RTE.

He said apart from finger print, iris scan of children from class V will also be recorded for the UID of children.