Lucknow, March 9 -- A staggering discrepancy of 50,552 students has been found in the Apaar ID enrolment records of the Basic Education Department this year compared to the previous year.

The department has made Apaar ID mandatory for all students from this academic session to digitally track academic records and ensure transparency in school admissions. However, a review on March 1 revealed that only 70% of students have been assigned an Apaar ID so far, raising concerns over possible mismanagement in enrolment data.

The irregularity, detected during an online review, has drawn sharp criticism from director general of school education, Kanchan Verma, who has warned of strict action against the district education officer for failing to ...