ABC ID mandatory for admission to college or university

The Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Education, K Sanjay Murthy and MD-CEO, CSC SPV, Sanjay Rakesh jointly launched APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) through Common Service Centres (CSCs) in remote villages of the country on February 7, 2024. The objective of APAAR is ‘One Nation, One Student ID’. APAAR has been conceptualized under the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) in which all college/university-going students are required to register on ABC, i.e., Academic Bank of Credits. According to the new rule, it is necessary to have an ABC ID to take admission to any college or university.