UDISE+

What does a school report on UDISE+?

Three things each year: the school's profile and facilities, its teachers, and its students.^[1] Since 2022-23 UDISE+ has collected student-wise data, with more than 60 fields for each student.^[2]

Block, district and state officials check what the school enters.^[1] The Ministry uses the data for planning and to identify who is eligible for schemes such as Samagra Shiksha, PM POSHAN and national scholarships. The 2025-26 report counts about 14.67 lakh schools and 24.72 crore students.^[2]

It's a government reporting system, not a school management system. It holds only the fields the Ministry's data format asks for.^[3]

What is a UDISE code?

It's the 11-digit number that identifies a school in UDISE+. It's unique to the school, and the portal says it can't be changed once assigned, apart from a Ministry-only change if the school's district or state changes.^[1] The District authority raises the request after the school is recognised, the State reviews it and the Ministry generates the code.^[1]

Each student has an 11-digit number too, the PEN. It follows the child between schools.^[1]

Is UDISE+ the same as APAAR?

No. UDISE+ is the school's yearly report to the Ministry. An APAAR ID is a permanent 12-digit student ID that a school generates after a parent consents.^{[4, 5]} The school generates it from the same login it uses for the UDISE+ student module, the Student Database Management System (SDMS).^{[1, 4]}

As of October 2026 APAAR is optional for school students. CBSE's circular of 17 September 2026 says filling in the APAAR ID is optional in its Class X and XII candidate lists, and on 20 July 2026 the Supreme Court extended across India a High Court direction to give the consent form a refuse option.^{[6, 7]} Our guide to UDISE+ and APAAR ID for schools has the steps, and the APAAR ID entry explains the ID itself.

Sources

Every fact on this page about rules, prices or other products comes from one of these. We read each one on the date shown and will update this page when they change.

1. Ministry of Education, UDISE+ portal. About UDISE+, UDISE code, FAQs and SDMS (udiseplus.gov.in). Read 21 October 2026.The portal is a script-driven page, so we read the text file its pages load from. Covers the About, UDISE code, FAQs and SDMS pages.
2. Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education. UDISE+ 2025-26: Key Results (report booklet) (dashboard.udiseplus.gov.in). 2025-26 report, file dated July 2026. Read 21 October 2026.
3. Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education. UDISE+ Data Capture Format for Academic Year 2025-26 (edudel.nic.in). Read 21 October 2026.Copy hosted by the Delhi Directorate of Education. The 2026-27 format may differ in places.
4. Ministry of Education, SDMS portal. User Manual for SDMS (School User) (sdms.udiseplus.gov.in). PDF dated December 2024. Read 21 October 2026.Written before the APAAR consent form was revised in 2026, so the on-screen steps may have changed.
5. Press Information Bureau (backgrounder). Academic Bank of Credits and APAAR: Building India's Lifelong Learning Ecosystem (static.pib.gov.in). 30 June 2026. Read 21 October 2026.
6. Central Board of Secondary Education. Submission of List of Candidates (LOC) for Class X and Class XII Main Examinations 2026-27, circular CBSE/LOC/X-XII/2026-2027 (cbse.gov.in). 17 September 2026. Read 21 October 2026.
7. Supreme Court of India. Abhishek Baxi & Ors. v. Union of India, W.P.(C) No. 832/2026, record of proceedings (api.sci.gov.in). 20 July 2026. Read 21 October 2026.