New Delhi: As the Digital India programme completes 11 years, the Centre has highlighted major reforms in the education sector, saying digital platforms are making admissions, school and college transfers, scholarship verification and recruitment faster and more transparent.
The government said more than 110.65 crore academic records have been digitised through the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) and the National Academic Depository (NAD), enabling students to securely access and share their educational credentials online.
Under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Academic Bank of Credits allows students to store, transfer and redeem academic credits, supporting flexible learning and the Multiple Entry-Multiple Exit system. The platform is integrated with APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry), which provides every learner with a lifelong digital academic identity.
According to the Ministry of Education, over 26.29 crore APAAR IDs have been created, while 2,963 higher education institutions have registered on the ABC platform.
The government said the digital ecosystem has significantly reduced paperwork and human intervention by enabling online verification of academic records for admissions, scholarships, competitive examinations, internships and employment. The system also helps curb the use of forged certificates through secure digital authentication.
Officials said the integration of ABC, APAAR, NAD and DigiLocker has created a seamless digital academic ecosystem, making educational records portable, easily verifiable and accessible anytime, while strengthening transparent and citizen-centric governance under the Digital India initiative.
