Kanchanpur Municipality Mandates Electronic Attendance System for School Staff

Kanchanpur. Krishnapur Municipality has made electronic attendance system mandatory to make the attendance of teachers and employees working in community schools systematic, transparent, and technology-friendly.

Electronic attendance machines have been installed and put into operation in 31 community schools, including 18 basic and 13 secondary schools, operating in the municipality. The electronic attendance system has been implemented with the objective of ensuring the regular attendance of teachers and employees and making educational administration effective.

According to Khagendra Prasad Bhatta, Chief Administrative Officer of the municipality, the electronic attendance system has been implemented for the documentation of the daily attendance of the employees working in the schools.

"We have made arrangements to print and certify the attendance details every 15 days and keep them safe," he said, "Arrangements have been made to compulsorily record the daily attendance details (arrival and departure) of employees through the electronic attendance system."

Teachers and employees will be paid based on the electronic attendance details. All community schools have been instructed to provide a copy of the certified attendance details to the municipality.

Mayor Hemraj Ojha expressed confidence that the electronic attendance system will improve the regularity, discipline, and accountability of teachers and employees in schools.

"This will help make the school administration more systematic and transparent," he said, "We have prioritized the use of technology to improve the quality of education."

According to him, repair of broken attendance machines in some schools and installation of additional machines in necessary places are also underway.