Monday Mirchi : PEN launched to ease migration woes

Soon after AP’s School Education Department made the use of Permanent Education Number (PEN) mandatory from the academic year 2024-25, Commissioner School Education S Suresh Kumar got going and has already released PEN for the first time in the state. Launched during the release of Class 10 results, PEN is a unique identification number provided by the Union Ministry of Education and assigned to every student through the UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education Plus) portal that covers more than 14.89 lakh schools, 95 lakh teachers, and 26.5 crore children. It is designed for streamlining and simplifying the process of the students’ transition from one school to the other in the new academic year. Students’ class 10 pass certificate will henceforth have PEN, which can be used during further education.