Students of affiliated colleges of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) will now swipe their identity cards to mark their attendance. JNTU has advised the engineering colleges under its purview to give students biometric identity cards to record attendance.
JNTU authorities took this decision last week. It will be implemented from July. The university decided to introduce the new attendance system after the higher education department demanded a stricter attendance system.
The department had got complaints from parents that certain colleges were tampering with the attendance records of students. According to the parents, certain students were given full attendance while some were prevented from writing annual and semester exams due to attendance shortage.
“Once the attendance system is computerized the colleges will not be able to tamper with it. Students who get less than 65 per cent of attendance will not be allowed to write examinations,” said D N Reddy, vice chancellor, JNTU-H.He said that the attendance records would be maintained by the university till the students complete their course.
Source : Times of India
JNTU authorities took this decision last week. It will be implemented from July. The university decided to introduce the new attendance system after the higher education department demanded a stricter attendance system.
The department had got complaints from parents that certain colleges were tampering with the attendance records of students. According to the parents, certain students were given full attendance while some were prevented from writing annual and semester exams due to attendance shortage.
“Once the attendance system is computerized the colleges will not be able to tamper with it. Students who get less than 65 per cent of attendance will not be allowed to write examinations,” said D N Reddy, vice chancellor, JNTU-H.He said that the attendance records would be maintained by the university till the students complete their course.
Source : Times of India
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