No salary without online attendance from October for Bihar teachers

S Siddharth, the education department additional chief secretary in a letter to all district magistrates on 27 August wrote: “About 4.50 lakh (80%) principals/teachers are registering online attendance through this app every day. In the same sequence, it is to be mentioned that for registering the online attendance of the Principal/Teacher, a new option called “School Admin” has been given on the e-shikshakosh mobile app, through which the Principal of the school can also register the online attendance of the teachers present in the school.” Online attendance can be marked only if a teacher is within 500 metres of the school. If a teacher is on duty out of the school, it can be also duly marked on the app.

A Banka teacher said: “Even during the trials, it was successful only in 70-80 per cent cases. At times, GPS does not function properly. In my personal experience, I was at the school but the app said that I was 12 km away. But we have to adapt to new technology and changes.”