NEW DELHI: Following Modi’s footsteps towards Digital India, Delhi University is all set to make the process of students’ attendance online to maintain accountability and transparency.
The seven-member committee set up by the varsity will launch the attendance application within a month.
“We are working on this project for the past five months. This will help maintain daily class strength, besides resolving the problem of attendance shortage,” Yogesh Tyagi, vice-chancellor, Delhi University told The Sunday Standard.
Earlier, the teachers used to maintain an attendance register and some of the colleges, such as The Hindu College, Zakir Hussain College, Miranda House College for Women and IP College for Women, used to update the attendance on their websites on a monthly-basis. But after the app is launched, teachers will update the attendance on the app on a daily-basis.
“Attendance is the biggest problem in university, especially at the time of issuance of admit cards for exams. Students always come up with complaints that teachers have not maintained accurate attendance sheets,” Tyagi added.
Last year, more than 500 students of law faculty were not allowed to take exams due to low attendance, which led to a mass protest. “The motto behind this initiative is to avoid the panicking situation during exams, as students with attendance less than 66 per cent are not allowed to write the exams. This will be a centralised app for all departments and faculties of all colleges affiliated to the university,” said Vinay Gupta, Dean of Examinations, Delhi University.
A total of 68 colleges are affiliated to Delhi University.
“I have also faced the attendance problem despite being a regular student. Usually, teachers ask the class representative to mark the attendance on paper, which is not marked seriously. Digitisation of attendance will do justice to all, apart from maintaining transparency,” said Yamini Chopra, a final year student at Kalindi College.