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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said it has completed mandatory biometric updates for 1.2 crore children betwixt the ages of 7 and 15 done large-scale update drives conducted successful schools. Updating Aadhaar biometrics is mandatory astatine slightest erstwhile for children betwixt the ages of 7 and 15, and the work is escaped of outgo till October this year.
The UIDAI said successful a connection that it had “saturated much than 1,03,000 schools crossed India and helped millions of schoolhouse students implicit their mandatory biometric update (MBU) successful Aadhaar astatine easiness and comfortableness of their schoolhouse campuses,” and that it had “rolled retired the ngo mode MBU thrust for schoolhouse children successful September 2025, aft a palmy technological integration with the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) application.”
The inaugural was undertaken successful concern with State acquisition departments and “ecosystem partners,” the UIDAI said, adding that much than 4,000 machines were utilized to update children’s biometrics successful schools.
“Keeping biometric updated successful children’s Aadhaar helps them portion carrying retired authentication for receiving benefits nether assorted Government schemes, scholarships, wherever applicable, and registering successful competitory and assemblage examinations similar NEET, JEE and CUET etc,” the Aadhaar issuer said. “UIDAI has been encouraging parents and guardians to update their children’s biometric successful Aadhaar.”
“In summation to camps held astatine schools, children tin besides implicit their MBU by visiting immoderate of the Aadhaar enrolment centres and Aadhaar Seva Kendras crossed India.”
