Hyderabad, April 11: Biometric attendance system is being introduced for the first time in the country for students pursuing professional and non-professional education in Andhra Pradesh.
The State Department of Higher Education (DHE) has prepared a plan to introduce the biometric attendance system in all professional and non-professional educational institutions from the next academic year with a view to “improve the performance of students.”
Also, the state government wants to ensure that the total fee reimbursement scheme, which it has been implementing for the past two years, becomes foolproof with the introduction of biometric attendance system, according to the state’s Minister for Higher Education D Sridhar Babu.
“Biometric attendance is a unique system being introduced for the first time anywhere in the country to ensure regular attendance of students to colleges and improve their academic performance,” Babu told PTI.
–PTI