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Punjab is launching permanent digital IDs for 15 million government school students to unify records, cut duplication and boost oversight.
Punjab has approved a province wide digital identification system that will give nearly 15 million government school students a permanent Unique ID, in a move officials say will reshape how student records are tracked across the province.
The new system will act as a lifelong educational identifier, meaning a child’s record will stay intact even after moving from one government school to another. The goal is simple: no more rebuilding profiles from scratch every time a student transfers.
Under the plan, authorized users will be able to view a student’s academic history, exam results, pass or fail status, current class, age, basic health details and city of residence from a single platform. The department says the database is meant to bring student information into one place and make it easier to manage at scale.
School Education Secretary Mudassir Riaz told district education officers that the project is designed to improve transparency, strengthen monitoring and support better planning. As one official put it, the system will let institutions access a child’s record “immediately” instead of starting over.
The move comes as Punjab pushes to modernize education administration through digital tools and tighter oversight. The department says the rollout will begin in government schools first, before being expanded to private institutions later.
The unique ID model could reduce data loss, speed up school transfers and help policymakers spot gaps in performance more quickly. For a province running one of the country’s largest public school networks, the shift could make student tracking far more efficient.
