The status of students identified by the HTs of school will be collected by Cluster Resource Centre Coordinators (CRCCs), and a report will be submitted to block-level officials. The block officials will compile the list and submit it to districts before updating it into the UDISE portal.

It is to be mentioned that the identification of these ‘missing’ students is very crucial at a time when students have been allotted Personal Education Number (PEN), the unique identification number for students in India that is assigned by the Union Ministry of Education. PEN is issued only through the UDISE portal. Moreover, the state education department has introduced the registration of a lifelong 12-digit Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR ID), and all schools are enrolling students in this registry.