Telangana: Diktat on biometric attendance in colleges
The government is very firm on recording attendance of staff and students.
Hyderabad: Chairman of the Telangana state council for higher education (TSCHE) Prof. T. Papi Reddy has given an ultimatum to private degree college managements to either implement government decisions like biometric attendance, aimed at increasing accountability, or not offer courses and admissions in the next academic year.
The government is very firm on recording attendance of staff and students this way it helps colleges in improving the quality of education, Prof Papi Reddy said while speaking at a meeting of the Telangana private degree colleges association here on Monday. He said more colleges than are required have been started in the last decade. This was why filling of seats is becoming a problem. “There are more Degree colleges than Junior colleges in the mandal headquarters in some districts,” he pointed out.
Prof Reddy called upon college managements to bring up issues concerning them and that authorities would be happy to help out, but the government would not compromise on quality improvement measures. Vice-chancellors of Mahat-ma Gandhi, Palamur, Tel-angana and Telugu universities also gave their views on the subject. G. Ramana Reddy and Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy of the association requested the state council to oversee the degree online admissions process and allot 20 percent seats under management quota.
JNTU raps staff via FB on attendance:
In order to digitalise the attendance system, Jawah-arlal Nehru Technological University here recently implemented the Biometric Attendance System (BAS) for all JNTUH- affiliated college staff and faculty. But, it was noticed through the system server that most of the staff members are not using this system for entry and exit.
The administration has released a notice on the JNTUH Facebook page to make sure that the faculty follows the new system without fail. Registrar N Yadaiah said, “As it’s the beginning of the system, problems are likely. Many staff members are not used to this system and are not recording their attendance. The notice is issued to create more awareness among the existing staff.’’