Digital attendance in UP to be kept suspended till further orders

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 16 (ANI): After the controversies raised over digital attendance under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, it was decided to form an expert committee to listen to the problems and suggestions of teachers.

This committee will listen to the problems and suggestions of teachers and submit its report. This committee will include officials of the Education Department, members of the Teachers’ Union and educationists, etc.

The committee will consider all the dimensions of education and give suggestions for improvement.

Digital attendance will be kept suspended till further orders. A decision will be taken on the basis of the committee’s report.

Additional Chief Secretary of Secondary Education Deepak Kumar, Principal Secretary of Basic Education Dr Shamuga Sundaram, Director General School Education Kanchan Verma, State President of Uttar Pradesh Primary Teachers’ Association Dr Dinesh Chandra Sharma, and other senior officials were present in the meeting.

Earlier, the Yogi government issued instructions to implement a digital attendance system for both teachers and students to make state-run schools digitally active.

Under this, both students and teachers will be required to mark their attendance using a face recognition system.