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How Does Your School Help Keep Your Identity Details Up‑to‑Date? 🤔

Schools work with the country’s identity service to collect fingerprints and eye pictures from students.

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Over twenty million children have completed the update.

Updates happen at school‑based camps organized by the identity authority.

The service costs nothing for children up to seventeen until September 2026.

Accurate identity records help with school admissions, scholarships, and exam sign‑ups.

The program started in September 2025 and now covers over 156,000 schools.

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The update is free for children from five to seventeen years old until the end of September 2026. 🎈

Kids need to update when they turn five and again at fifteen so their records stay correct.

More than twenty million children have already updated their details, making future school and exam registrations smoother.

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identity service

the government system that gives each person a unique number and keeps their details

fingerprints

the tiny lines on the tip of each finger that are different for everyone

iris scan

a picture of the colored part of the eye used to prove who you are

record

information that is saved for later use

scholarship

money or help given to a student to pay for school

exam

a test that decides if you can go to the next level of study

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