Ilocos Norte school adopts e-ID to check attendance

LAOAG CITY -- The Badio Elementary School (BES), a rural school in the second district of Ilocos
Norte, has adopted a convenient and safer way to monitor children’s attendance in school.

“Once a child enters the school, the teacher scans his/her ID and a text message will be sent to the
mobile phone number of parent or guardian which informs that the child is in school that time,” BES
principal Aileen Rambaud said on Friday.

The Department of Education in Ilocos Norte, led by Schools Division Superintendent Vilma Eda,
has been encouraging school heads in the province to come up with learning innovations to promote
21st-century schools.

The BES is among the first public schools in the province to adopt such technology.

Aside from introducing the electronic ID system, they are also planning to acquire fast Internet
connectivity and virtual reality box units for learners, Rambaud said.

But this can only be made possible should there be full cooperation among school stakeholders,
Rambaud added.

Using a unique bar code for each of the 193 pupils of BES, teachers can now easily monitor their
students' attendance and for parents to know if their child entered the school on the same day.

Powered by Scan Attendance Manager, this is a free downloadable app that is able to scan a
student ID's barcode and has the ability to send SMS (short message service), using a mobile phone
number associated with the registered student.

Launched last July 1, the electronic ID system with SMS is making BES students eager to go to
school while their parents lauded the school initiative to protect their children. (PNA)

Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1074265
Sta. Ana high school employs hi-tech monitoring (DAVAO)
GUARDIANS and parents of students studying at Sta. Ana National High School (SANHS) will
now be able to monitor their children remotely after the school deployed a new digital
monitoring device.

The SANHS is the first public school in Davao Region to employ the digital monitoring system
that informs guardians through text messages if their children have entered or exited the school
premises.

SANHS grade 10 campus head Arniel Real said the system was implemented two weeks ago to
grade 7 students, and will be fully implemented to all high school students, including senior high,
this week.

Real said more than 9,000 students will be monitored wherein they will be swiping their
identification card (ID) while entering and leaving the campus premises. After swiping their IDs,
a notification will appear on the monitor and at the same time a text message will be sent to the
parents and guardians.

“Maayo ang objective sa ID system. Tungod ani, mas ma-monitor pud namo (sa eskwelahan) ug
sa ginikanan ang attendance sa mga bata. Kung dili mag swipe ang bata sa iyang ID, buot
pasabot ana wala misulod ang bata sa iyang klase (The objective of the ID system is good. At
least, the school and the parents would be able to monitor the attendance of their children. If the
student will not swipe their ID, it means they did not went to their respective classes),” Real told
SunStar Davao in a phone interview on Monday, September 23.

He said parents could also print the monthly attendance monitoring of their students, which will
indicate their absences and tardiness. He added it would be useful for teachers who are keeping
track of their student’s attendance.

Real said the ID system was first introduced by the Bicol Region delegates for the Palarong
Pambansa last April this year, where SANHS was their billeting headquarters.

“Our school principal had communicated with the (DepEd Bicol) regional director, and was
introduced to the system,” Real said.

The school purchased the machine and the maintenance of its operation is charged to each
student for P200 -- P150 for the ID and P50 for the system. The P200 fee is a one-time payment
for the students until they graduate or leave the school.

Prior to its implementation, Real said the parents were made aware of the proposed ID system
during a symposium, which received favorable feedback, adding that the students were “very
excited” for it.

The school official said it is still 80-percent fully-operational because some students have yet to
receive their ID, which includes slings and jacket.
But he said the system was “smooth sailing” and had not encountered any problems.

He said, through this, they could prevent unnecessary absences and students cutting classes.
Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1824530
LOOK: Public school teacher uses technology to
check class attendance
Public teacher Michael Angelo C. Maleriado of the General Emilio Aguinaldo National
High School introduces a new way of checking and recording attendance. MANILA,
Philippines – Ever heard of paperless attendance sheets for classroom use?

Going viral online is the Facebook post of Cavite public high school teacher Michael
Angelo C. Maleriado who showed how he tracks his students’ attendance using QR
Codes – two-dimensional barcodes used to provide easy access to information through
a smartphone.

As of June 27, the post has garnered 11,000 likes and shared over 12,000 times.

Maleriado told Rappler in an interview that he believes that this is an easy and
convenient alternative to the usual attendance sheets printed on paper.

“As a public school teacher, it is no doubt that we consume so much paper in one
school year – making quizzes, handouts, test papers, research papers, forms, grading
sheets, and so much more. That is a lot of paper and some of it just goes to waste,”
Maleriado said.

The 37-year-old teacher said that he came up with the idea at the start of class this
year. He also teaches Contact Center Services (CCS) under the technology and
livelihood education department in GEANHS. He pioneered the trend at the General
Emilio Aguinaldo National High School, noting that his co-teachers have yet to pick up
the eco-friendly trend.

“I was trying to figure out how I could monitor the attendance of my students. Our printer
broke in the faculty room so I couldn't print the attendance sheet for my classes. So I
browsed [online] for an attendance checker online and I saw this app called Attendance
Control Checker [where you can] use QR codes,” Maleriado quipped.

He asked for the opinion of his students, who "loved’ the idea, and were all excited to
come to class to have their codes scanned. Scanning QR Codes allows a person to
record a huge amount of data, and transfer them to a Microsoft Excel file through a
mobile app.
According to Maleriado, the advantages of this method include helping the environment,
saving money, and easier access to data.

However, the alternate method has its downsides. “If a user is very careless and not
organized, he/she could accidentally delete the files and completely lose the records.
Also, technology may not be available in some areas making it difficult for [people in
that area] to go paperless,” Maleriado said.

Today, Maleriado’s students go to school with printed QR codes or digital QR codes on

their phones.

“Every time they come to my class, they form a line outside and prepare their QR
codes. I stand right outside the door and scan their codes one by one. Scanning 30
students only takes me less than 3 minutes to check everyone,” he explained.

Maleriado, who is also a travel blogger, shared that he advocates a zero-waste living.

“I have to create awareness, not just for the readers [in my blog], but also for my
students, on how to lessen the amount of waste we produce. Going paperless is one
way of doing that,” he said. – Rappler.com

Source:https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/205948-cavite-michael-angelo-maleriado-attendance-
tracker-qr-codes