Don't upload unverified UID: Govt to schools
T'puram: State govt warned school headmasters that they will face action if they upload student details on Sampoorna web portal without verifying their student UID numbers. In the past, many irregularities were reported in calculating student strength because a large number of UID numbers were found to be fake during cross-verification.
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The portal is a central repository for student information, teacher data and school resources developed by KITE
General education minister V Sivankutty said headmasters will be held responsible if they upload wrong UID details. Schools must upload student information after the sixth working day of the academic year. Since schools in Kerala reopened on June 2, the sixth working day is June 10.
Schools were expected to upload student strength details by 5pm on Tuesday.
However, many couldn't complete the task because they had only reopened for six days and several of those were lost to holidays caused by natural disasters. Staff appointments will be based on student strength reported on the sixth working day. Still, the education minister's office clarified that no student should be denied admission for not submitting a UID.
Headmasters must attest the sixth working day reports and send them to assistant education officers and district education officers. These officers will forward the reports to the district joint directors, who must then send them to the statistics section of the director of general education.
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