UDISE stands for Unified District Information System for Education. The current online version is called UDISE+ (UDISE Plus). In Hindi it is often written यूडाइस. It is the Ministry of Education’s system for collecting data on every school in India, from pre-primary to higher secondary.
A short history
- 1994-95: DISE (District Information System for Education) started, covering elementary education.
- 2007-08: a separate system, SEMIS, began collecting secondary school data.
- 2012-13: DISE and SEMIS were merged into one system, UDISE.
- 2018-19: UDISE+ was introduced, moving data collection online.
What it is used for
UDISE+ data is used for planning, for national and state statistics such as enrolment, dropout and pupil-teacher ratios, and for schemes that depend on school data. The 2024-25 data covered 14,71,473 schools.
Common terms
- UDISE code: the school’s 11-digit ID
- PEN: the student’s ID in UDISE+
- APAAR ID: the 12-digit “One Nation, One Student ID”
