Students’ classroom attendance will be taken through the biometric system, smart cards will generate report cards and a tracking system will keep parents in the know-how of their children.
All this and many such features will be introduced, if the feasibility study throws up a positive result.
The state government has set up a committee comprising more than 15 officials from the education department and it is already studying the feasibility of the plan. The plan is expected to be out by middle of this academic year, i.e., September-October.
The ambitious e-governance project will include biometric attendance systems for the teachers, students and non-teaching staff in both private and government schools and child tracking systems to keep track of students for the benefit of parents as well as schools.
“The project will be for the entire state. With the new system, it will be feasible for the government to keep a check on the ground level. With the many features attached to the plan, it will be useful for students as well as parents to acquire information about rules and regulations or any policies introduced by the education department,” said an official on condition of anonymity. Primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and affiliated education department offices will be linked to a website to help users to get information easily.
“With technological intervention, the process of appointment of teachers will be transparent. After the programme is linked, there cannot be any manual interference in regards to the appointments.
“The teachers’ qualifications will also be accessible with e-governance in place,” added the official.
There will also be programmes to keep a track of students’ progress and to check the dropout rates. With the help of the biometric system, students’ attendance will be tracked and their progress cards will also be available online for parents’ access.
The other initiatives include the smart card system for the progress report and monitoring mid-day meal service online.
“Earlier, if there was a complaint against any school, the issue was first addressed by the local education inspector and then it used to be communicated to several high-level authorities for a logical conclusion. But by that time the issue was lost. With the new system, it will be easy to reach the authorities. The authorities can access all the information online,” said the official.
Arundhati Chauhan, president of parents-teachers’ association united forum, said, “The government has an ambitious plan. For the implementation of the policy, it will have to allocate funds. When it has not been able to give funds for basic services, how will it successfully implement such a massive plan?”
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Yogita Rao
Quelle/Source: Daily News & Analysis, 07.08.2010
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