The Directorate of General Education has issued a circular allowing time till July 16 to correct online any minor errors in students’ UID as part of determining the teaching staff requirement in schools.
This comes in the wake of the finding that invalid UIDs (Unique Identity Numbers) have crept into student details uploaded on the Sampoorna web portal on the sixth working day of the 2025-26 academic year.
As per the Kerala Education Rules, students should have valid UID on the sixth working day. Often UIDs become invalid owing to reasons such as one or two changes in spelling in a student’s name.
To address the issue, schools should look into the invalid UID cases. After examining the UID analysis of students with invalid UID on Sampoorna, the head teachers should upload a clear Aadhaar photo (with student photo, Aadhaar number, name, date of birth, gender) of such students in each class. Along with the Aadhaar photo, a field made available to specify the reason for the UID becoming invalid should also be updated. This should be completed by July 16.
After this, master trainers of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) that has developed the Sampoorna portal should use a special login to verify invalid UID cases.
If there is change up to three letters in a name, the UIDs can be recorded as valid.
If the year of birth of students other than in class I is uniform in Aadhaar and on Sampoorna and the difference is only in month or date, it can be recorded particularly and verified online.
In case of change in date of birth of class I students, or if there is change in more than two fields among name, date of birth, and gender, on the basis of application from schools a hearing by a committee that includes the KITE coordinator can be held by the Deputy Director of Education by July 21 and the matter examined.
No extensions will be given, according to the circular from Director of General Education Shanavas S.
Published – July 11, 2025 09:02 pm IST
