India, Dec. 16 -- All municipal and Zilla Parishad schools in Maharashtra have been directed to mandatorily record the exact geographical location of their premises using the UDISE Plus GIS Capture mobile application.

The directive, issued on December 15 by Sanjay Yadav, State Project Director of the Maharashtra Primary Education Council, has been communicated to municipal commissioners and chief executive officers of Zilla Parishads across the state.

As per the instructions, school heads have been asked to download the UDISE Plus GIS Capture app, available on both Android and iOS platforms, and log in using their UDISE ID and password to capture and submit precise latitude and longitude coordinates of their school locations.

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