Bengaluru: From this year, Class 10 (SSLC) students will get digital mark cards.
The Department of School Education and Literacy, which had earlier announced digital mark cards for PUC II students during the announcement of results, has said that the same facility will be extended to SHKL students now.
In an order, the department has said that since this is the first year, both physical and digital mark cards will be available. But from next academic year, it will be only digital mark cards through DigiLocker/National Academic Depository (NAD) for both SSLC and PUC II.
“Along with them, the students’ digital grade cards should be uploaded Aadhaar IDAPAAR ID and photograph. For this year, physical and digital copies of the grade cards should be made available, and from next year no physical copy of the grade cards will be issued”, it is stated in
I order.
The department has instructed to consider digital mark cards uploaded on DigiLocker/NAD during recruitment and for applying for higher studies.
Photo attached
Meanwhile, the department has clarified that the digital form of the grade cards will also come with a photograph of the student.
“Physical copies of mark cards issued to students will have a photograph attached. The same format will continue for the digital form of the mark card,” the department clarifies.
The department said that discontinuing physical copies of mark cards will put an end to fake mark cards.
The Department has instructed the Chairman of Karnataka Board of School Examination and Evaluation (KSEAB) to coordinate with NAD Project Director for faster transfer of student data.
Data transfer
“In a normal course, it takes 72 hours for student data to be transferred to NAD. The Chairman of KSEAB has been instructed to take the necessary measures for faster data transfer by coordinating with the relevant authorities,” the department announced.
It may be recalled that in recent years, all state universities had stopped issuing physical copies of mark cards and uploaded the same to DigiLocker.
However, if requested by students, universities are offering physical badges with minimal security features.
