CBSE has decided to waive the requirement of Aadhaar number for online registration of students in its schools abroad for board examination and other purposes. <br/><br/>The Board had last year asked CBSE schools to provide Aadhaar number of their students and encourage those who did not have it to get one. <br/><br/> In a letter to these schools, the Board acknowledged that it received several communications from affiliated schools expressing their inability to provide Aadhaar number to their students as these schools are on foreign land. <br/><br/>The board has said that alternatively the foreign candidates/schools may use Passport number in place of Aadhaar number while submitting candidates for online registration.There are 211 CBSE schools in 25 foreign countries.