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Govt considers linking educational records to Aadhaar

Posted on August 3, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Prashant K. Nanda reports:

New Delhi: Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Number that 890 million Indians possess, could soon find a mention on all educational certificates from Class X onward, in a move that will, apart from helping students and employers, also tackle the fake educational degree menace in India.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Ministry of Human Resource Development-controlled Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are in talks on the subject. The idea is to link Aadhaar to the performance record of students—marksheets, merit certificates and migration certificates, among others—from Class X onwards.

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