# The words on school forms, explained.

> Plain meanings of the words on Indian school forms, portals and circulars: UDISE+, the UDISE code, APAAR ID, bonafide and leaving certificates, the scholar register and more.

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What each term means, where you meet it, and what the school office has to do about it. Each page lists its sources.

- [**UDISE+** The Ministry of Education’s online system where schools report their students, teachers and facilities each year.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/udise-plus)
- [**UDISE code** The 11-digit number that identifies a school on UDISE+; older forms call it the DISE code.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/udise-code)
- [**APAAR ID** A student’s 12-digit academic ID, generated against their PEN on UDISE+ and kept in DigiLocker.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/apaar-id)
- [**Bonafide certificate** A letter from the school confirming that a student studies there, asked for by scholarship schemes and other offices.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/bonafide-certificate)
- [**School leaving certificate** The certificate a school gives a student who leaves; another name for the transfer certificate (TC).](https://scoolin.com/glossary/school-leaving-certificate)
- [**Migration certificate** The certificate a board or university issues so a student can study under another board or university.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/migration-certificate)
- [**Scholar register** The school’s register of every student it admits, also called the admission register or SR register.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/scholar-register)
- [**Admission number** The number a school gives a student at admission, against their entry in the admission register.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/admission-number)
- [**CBSE affiliation number** The number CBSE gives a school when it affiliates it; it differs from the school’s CBSE school code.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/cbse-affiliation-number)
- [**RTE 25% quota** The seats, at least 25% of the entry class, that private unaided schools must give to children from weaker and disadvantaged groups under the RTE Act.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/rte-quota)
- [**Co-scholastic areas** The report-card grades for work education, art, and health and physical education, given beside the marks for subjects.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/co-scholastic-areas)
- [**5+3+3+4 structure** The school stages NEP 2020 sets out: foundational, preparatory, middle and secondary, for ages 3 to 18.](https://scoolin.com/glossary/5-3-3-4-structure)

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