Draft:Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry

Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry ID (APAAR ID), also known as Academic Bank of Credits ID (ABC ID) is a twelve-digit unique identification number for students in India, established as part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. It allows students to store, manage, and transfer academic credits earned at different higher education institutions in a digital, centralized system. Essentially, it's a digital bank account for academic credits, facilitating credit accumulation, transfer, and recognition across institutions.

Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR)
Motto	One Nation, One Student ID
Country	India
Ministry	Ministry of Education, Government of India

Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry ID Card
Issued by	Academic Bank of Credits, Ministry of Education (India)
Valid in	India
Website	https://www.abc.gov.in/

Benefits

APAAR ensures accountability and transparency in education by tracking student progress and streamlining academic records. It enhances efficiency, removes duplicity, minimizes fraud, and includes co-curricular achievements for holistic student development. With multiple use cases, APAAR facilitates following;

1) Facilitate student mobility.

2) Enhance academic flexibility.

3) Empower students to choose their learning paths of their choice.

4) Acknowledge and validate learning achievements.

5) Since no additional certificates are required to be provided except sharing APAAR id where all credentials are stored, there is no fear of losing hard copy certificates and hence useful for all type of use cases such as transfer from one school to the other, entrance examination, admission, job application, skilling, upskilling etc.