Govt. orders Aadhaar Mandatory Biometric Update for schoolchildren aged between 5 and 15

The State authorities has ordered Aadhaar Mandatory Biometric Update (Aadhaar MBU) for students aged betwixt 5 and 15 successful each schools crossed the State to efficaciously instrumentality mid-day meals, scholarships and different schemes of the Union and State governments.

The Center for e-Governance (CeG) volition enactment arsenic the registrar for the Aadhaar MBU process. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) volition cod and supply accusation connected students who request to update their biometrics connected the ground of Unified District Information System for Education, taluk and schoolhouse wise.

The State authorities issued a circular connected December 1, mounting a deadline of March 1, 2026, for the process to beryllium completed.

To efficaciously instrumentality schemes similar mid-day meals, the Department of School Education and Literacy had taken steps for Aadhaar authentication with the Student Achievement Tracking System successful the schools. However, this enactment is not yet complete.

“Due to the pending Aadhaar MBU, students volition look delays successful applying for scholarships, assorted examinations and availing themselves of the benefits of Central/State programmes. In this context, it is indispensable to implicit the Aadhaar MBU of each students who person reached the property of 5 and 15,” work the circular.

A kid nether the property of 5 enrolls for Aadhaar by providing the photograph, name, day of birth, gender, address, and commencement certificate. The biometric details specified arsenic fingerprints and iris are not captured for Aadhaar enrolment beneath the property of five. Therefore, updating fingerprints, iris, and photograph successful Aadhaar is mandatory erstwhile the kid reaches the property of five. This is called archetypal Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU). When Aadhaar fig holder attains property of 15 years should furnish each biometrics (photo, fingerprints and some iris) for update, which is referred to arsenic the 2nd MBU.

Commissioners of Public Instruction and the Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Panchayat person been made successful complaint of the Aadhaar MBU. The authorities has instructed them to clasp reappraisal gathering each week astir the progress. It besides instructed them to behaviour Aadhaar update camps connected schoolhouse premises to make consciousness of the value and intent of Aadhaar update among students, parents and School Development Monitoring Committees.