The government’s digital academic ecosystem is simplifying transfers between schools and higher education institutions, reducing paperwork and enabling faster verification of educational credentials. Digital India has transformed education services by making academic records secure, portable and digitally verifiable as the flagship programme completes 11 years.

The Ministry of Electronics and IT informed that the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), enables students to store, transfer and redeem academic credits in line with the National Education Policy 2020. Integrated with the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR), it provides every learner with a unique lifelong academic identity and secure access to academic records. The Ministry said that so far, 2,963 higher education institutions have joined the platform, over 26 crore APAAR IDs have been created and more than 1 hundred 10 crore academic records uploaded. It added that digital scrutiny of applications for competitive examinations has also made the process more transparent by reducing human intervention.

The National Academic Depository provides a secure digital repository for certificates, degrees, diplomas and mark sheets, enabling anytime access and faster digital verification by educational institutions, employers and government agencies. Together, ABC, APAAR and the National Academic Depository, integrated with DigiLocker, are strengthening India’s digital academic ecosystem through secure storage, seamless exchange and digital verification of academic records. The initiatives are promoting paperless governance, reducing administrative burden and supporting a trusted, citizen-centric education ecosystem in line with the vision of Viksit Bharat.