Automating the attendance system

[abhijitramesh]

What is the issue that you are facing?

Currently, the attendance system that we are following is manual. The teacher has to check and verify with the log book the roll numbers of the students that are present inside the classroom and note down those who are absent. The same procedure has to be repeated after every hour which takes a sheer amount of time from every hour that could have been spent more productively.

How often do you face this issue?

This issue is faced by everyone during every class hours.

Where do you face this issue?

I face this issue inside classes during class hours.

Do you think, a lot of your friends face the same issue?

Yes, I think every student on the campus is directly or indirectly affected with this issue.

What have you tried to solve the issue?

I have not tried to solve this issue.

What do you think is causing the issue?

Lack of automation in the attendance system.

Have you thought of any ideas that may solve the issue?

The attendance system could be automated, Every student has there Id cards with barcodes or NFC chips or both, this could be taken advantage of and some system could be implemented to automatically verify the roll numbers of the students who are present inside the class and report this to the class counsellors after every hour.

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