Ministry of HRD gets a BodhTree solution for their pilot project

Government-aided primary schools promoting education among the children of economically-backward families through their mid-day scheme can now heave a sigh of relief. For incidents of many bogus students in the list of scheme allocations came to light with the installation of the Bio-metric Kiosks in these schools.
The pilot project undertaken by the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development and the AP State Government seems to have brought a solution to attendance that seemed suspect in these schools.
The Biometric kiosk developed by a software company BodhTree is a touch-screen based kiosk, records attendance by capturing the students thumb impression. Once the thumb impression's identified, it displays the students photo and other details.
Results on the project indicate a sea change, it not only checked for ghost students but also got the teachers to be more punctual and accountable to their students.
Some ground work done by Bodhtree, the software company thats provided there kiosks, suggests that the students are encouraged by the new system. Upon interaction, the children said that they liked the system and would be regular to school. They also had complains about the poor quality of food that was being served.
However now with the project directly being monitored by the Ministry of HRD, the scheme is definitely heading the right direction.
News courtesy: ToI
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