MEERUT: The state project director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has instructed all the CDOs to ensure 100% Aadhaar enrollment for students of classes III, V and VIII of UP government schools by October 20, so that all the students are applicable for the National Achievement Survey (NAS). The survey is conducted by NCERT to monitor the improvement in children’s learning levels and to periodically assess the health of the government education system as a whole for these three classes.

“This is to inform you that NAS is set to take place in Uttar Pradesh in November. It is expected by the NCERT and the ministry of human resource development that all the students applicable for the survey should have their Aadhaar cards in place. All of you are instructed to ensure that students from classes III, V and VIII in primary and upper-primary schools – government as well as aided – have their Aadhaar enrollment by October 20,” read the government order issued by Vedpati Mishra , state project director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

The MHRD is set to undertake an exercise to monitor the learning outcome of around 3 million government school students of classes III, V, VIII. This is believed to be one of the biggest surveys undertaken by any government or private agency in the country so far.

The order further said, “Also, it should be ensured that all the students are present in their class on the day of the survey – which will be told well in advance. All school principals should be informed about the instructions so that the process of Aadhaar card enrollment is not delayed.”

It should be noted that the UP government had earlier fixed the deadline of enrollment of Aadhaar for all the government school students by June 30 – else they would not be given mid-day meals. However, the deadline was extended every time and even by now the enrollment remains a slow process, authorities said.