Osmania University and other Telangana universities will introduce facial recognition-based attendance this academic year, ending the decades-old “food and bed” culture. Students must secure 75% attendance for tuition fee reimbursement and exams, with the new system also covering affiliated colleges and staff.
The new facial recognition attendance system (FRS), introduced for Telangana teachers on August 1, faced server issues and GPS errors, causing delays in marking attendance. The system aims to prevent proxy attendance and improve monitoring in real time.
The department is enforcing the new attendance system for staff working in Government and Local Body Schools, Model Schools, TGRIES, KGBVs and Urban Residential Schools functioning in Peddapalli district as a pilot project. It is likely to extend to all districts.
The objective behind introducing facial recognition system was said to enhance accuracy, efficiency and security in attendance. The system uses advanced technology to verify individual identifies through facial features, eliminating the need for manual signing and seamless attendance recording.
Under the new internal evaluation, which will be conducted for 50 marks, 20 marks have been allotted to class tests, and 10 marks each for assignments, seminars/group discussions and attendance
Sangareddy: The second-year and first-year MBBS students of MNR Medical College located at Pasalwadi near Sangareddy have staged a protest on Saturday accusing the management of demanding Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh from each student for lacking attendance during the previous academic year. They said that the management was refusing to issue the […]
Hyderabad: The turnout of students at the schools improved on Wednesday with 42.28 per cent attending the in-person classes. On Tuesday, the schools recorded 32.47 per cent attendance. As per the attendance report released by the School Education Department on Wednesday, of the total 55,42,038 students in 37,647 schools in the State, 23,43,205 students attended […]
On Tuesday, 29 per cent attended the classes out of 14,30,216 students in 18,487 schools across the State, while attendance stood at 25 per cent on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion, Shashanka wanted the officials to identify mandals where the attendance of students was less and take measures to improve attendance.
