School Admission 2020: Child’s Aadhaar Details May Be Asked For Admission. Know How To Enroll, Update Biometric

A child will have to update his or her biometrics including 10 fingers, iris and facial photograph twice, once when the child turns 5 and again at the time s/he turns 15 years.

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Even as the country’s top apex court had ruled that though Aadhaar cannot be made compulsory in school admissions, most schools still insists on child's Aadhaar card at the time of admission. School admissions have always proved to be a tedious exercise for parents from filling up the admission forms, meeting the admission criteria to waiting for the names appearing in school admission list. Also Read: SBI Bank Yono App Update: Know How To Check Balance, View Passbook Without Logging In The process of nursery admission begins in December as the admission forms are out at the same time every year while the admission starts in mid-January. As per IndiaSpend, the State of Aadhaar Report 2019 , more than 75 per cent of school-age children in five states were required to provide their Aadhaar. In order to avoid any last minute rush, it’s prudent to apply for your child's Aadhaar now inacse you haven’t applied yet. Any individual can apply for a 12-digit, biometric-based, unique identity number. Remember you can apply for Aadhaar at any age including new-born. Here are steps to enrol for Aadhaar: The process for applying for an Aadhaar remains almost the same as to an adult. In case of a child below five years, parents can visit the nearest Aadhaar care centre along with the child and fill up the form. Remember that kids below five years won’t need to capture biometrics. Their UID will be processed on the basis of demographic information and facial photograph linked with the UID of their parents. However, if the child is above 5 years of age, the child’s biometrics will be captured for Aadhaar. How to update child's biometric in Aadhaar? A child will have to update his or her biometrics including 10 fingers, iris and facial photograph twice, once when the child turns 5 and again at the time s/he turns 15 years. Intimation to this effect will be mentioned in the original Aadhaar letter. The upgrade will be free of cost. Here what UIDAI's said:

Check essential documents to apply for Aadhaar Make sure you carry the child's birth certificate, or a photo ID issued by the child's school (incase the child is attending playschool), Aadhaar card details of the child's parents and address and ID proof of the child's parents to apply for your child's Aadhaar.