The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made it mandatory for students to submit their 12-digit APAAR Ids while registering for their Class 10 and 12 board exams, sparking a debate around data security and privacy.
The Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) was introduced through the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. It is an identification number linked to a student’s enrollment and contains details of his or her academic journey. It is a lifelong record of a student’s educational scores, achievements and related statistics, and is voluntary.
Mishi Choudhary, the founder of Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC), told ThePrint that Indians are being asked to comply with new forms of identification on a daily basis. “First, Aadhaar was supposed to solve all problems, now children are being tied to APAAR, and parents are being harassed,” she said, claiming that APAAR has no legal or statutory backing.
Choudhary added that the creation of the Id is loosely based on the letter issued by the secretary of the Ministry of Education. “In the absence of legal sanction, it is worrisome to see that schools are being directed to enroll students en masse after forcing parents’ consent,” she said.
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Why CBSE making APAAR mandatory for board exam registration has sparked privacy debate
