Government schools in telangana will soon abandon their manual attendance systems as the school education Department prepares to use a facial recognition system based on artificial intelligence to track pupils' attendance. By doing away with the traditional practice of noting attendance in registers, it is an Android mobile application that helps with documenting attendance in the classroom. By the end of september, the department intends to implement this new system in the public schools.

"As we are all aware, students, academicians, and staff management are critical components in the school education system, The education Department has decided to adopt the most recent technological advancements to carry out attendance by addressing the needs and challenges of the current processes," said Ramesh, Additional State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha. To deploy a facial recognition attendance management system, the Department has contracted with M/s RNIT Solutions and services Limited.

Students' face data will be captured once this program is opened, and those details, together with the student's credentials, will be stored in the application. A teacher must take a picture of the complete classroom in order to take attendance. The face information of the kids will instantly synchronize with the details contained in the program, and attendance will be recorded. He noted that the implementation of this new system will affect 26 lakh kids who are enrolled in 26,000 institutions, including government and local body schools, model schools, Kasturba gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, and telangana Residential Educational Institutions.

"The agency will first adopt a facial recognition attendance system for pupils attending government schools before expanding it to include instructors. According to a senior officer with the education Department, biometric attendance is now being used for teachers working in 15 districts.

AI-based system
♦ AI-based facial recognition to replace manual attendance in TS schools
♦ Android app eliminates paper register, launch by september end
♦ 26 lakh students in 26,000 schools benefit from the new system
♦ Extension to teachers planned after successful implementation among students
♦ biometric attendance is already in use for teachers in 15 districts


Features
♦ As part of the FRS solution, the AI algorithm will not capture the photos of the end user, but it only generates a secured binary template based on 72 points in the face
♦ Solution takes a small thumbnail of the student which is less than 5KB and will be used to match the student against the name
♦ All the facial templates are securely encrypted and stored in the custom file format within the department-provided infrastructure i.e. in SDC only
♦ These captured AI-based facial templates are used only for academic objectives by the Department designated authorities only. The data will not be used for any other purposes other than for the intended purposes of the Department
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12/09/2023 09:47 AM