Explained: What is the purpose of UDISE plus in India's education system?

The UDISE+ system collects information from all recognised and unrecognised schools imparting formal education from pre-primary to Class XII

The UDISE+ system comprises more than 1.5 million schools, 9.5 million teachers and over 260 million students of pre-primary to higher secondary level from various socio-economic backgrounds. The majority of UDISE+ data items are based on three pillars of the education system; schools, students and teachers.

According to the official website of UDISE+, it is mandatory for all schools across the country imparting elementary education to be covered under the UDISE+ framework. 

Data collection

UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education) is a system of online real-time data collection from schools and it was introduced by the Department of School