India, Nov. 24 -- In a move to tighten transparency and accuracy in records, the state education department on Saturday announced that a special team is conducting verification of student attendance across all schools simultaneously.

The verification and correction process must be completed by December 15.

Any irregularities found in student data will lead to strict disciplinary action against the responsible authorities, warned primary education director Sharad Gosavi and secondary education director Mahesh Palkar.

From the academic year 2025-26, the process of sanctioning school recognition will be based entirely on the information entered by headmasters in the UDISE+ (U-DISE Plus) system. Headmasters have already entered student det...