Even 15 days after setting up the system, hardly anyone in the college has used it to record the attendance. The oldest agriculture institute in the state, it as 200 staff members, including both teaching and non-teaching staff.
"Almost all the teachers and most of the non-teaching staffers continue to sign in the muster. The teachers and the staffers are opposing the move as this would mean that they will have to be punctual. The idea is to keep a check on teachers. The biometric system will provide exact information on whether the employee was actually present or not. With the biometric system, the employee has to be present physically in the college and cannot mark proxy attendance," said an official.
A professor, however, said that the system was unjustified as the professors are also supposed to perform research duties. He or she may have to go and spend time in libraries, in the field, meeting people, attending conferences and workshops.
"The rigid system of calculating the time we spent in the office by recording our entry and exit will take away the flexibility that we as teachers require," said the professor. "Besides, even the head of the institutes is not following the norm, then why would others?" he asked. Ajit Chandele, associate dean and principal, said though there is strong opposition to the system by the staff, the administration has taken a stern view and will strictly implement the system from next month.
Asked why he himself was not using the biometric system, he said, "There are some technical issues vis-a-vis feeding of data in the system. Once that is done all of us will use the system." Ejaz Syed, the assistant registrar, is on leave and did not respond to query.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Atikh Rashid
Quelle/Source: The Indian Express, 10.10.2013
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