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ShareMicro Systems, an innovative technology firm has launched SAMS (Student Attendance Management System). It will keep a check on students and faculties on campuses that are spread across cities and countries.
SAMS helps in creating a database of the students and lecturers. If biometric capabilities are to be required, a finger print database of every lecturer and student can also be created.
They will be provided with login cards, which will verify information every time they walk into the office or classroom respectively.
Students can submit reports or make submissions online; and also receive information on cancelled lectures. Also, visiting faculties will be sent reminders about their lectures.
At the launch of SAMS, Dr P Sekhar, CMD Micro Technologies said, "In a society where youth is become a target of and for terror to strike, there is a need to keep a check on them. The advanced technology, will make it easy for the management of schools and colleges as well as parents to keep a tab on their child's activities."
Making the functioning of an educational institution more easy is the motto of SAMS. The system is first installed on the central server with an internet connection integrated with complete database. After this database files are uploaded on the server to be accessed by the administrator.
SAMS is a technology which promises to cut down the load on the administrative staff of colleges and also help parents keep a tab on their children.
Pro-vice Chancellor, SNDT University, Dr SS Mantha believes that SAMS will be successful in assisting the faculty from the time consuming process of recording attendance. It will also help streamline the administration procedures, as well as improve campus discipline.
However, there is a price attached if you want to install the SAMS technology to secure your campus and let students avail its features. The installations of metal detectors etc will come up to a good Rs 2 lakh apart from Rs 500 per student to be charged annually.
Dr Vijay Khole, Vice Chancellor, Mumbai University who launched the SAMS, appreciated the technological advancement. "By introducing such a technology, we do not aim to chain students to our campuses nor restrict their movement. Taking help of such technologies we are simply hoping to provide better facilities," he said. He added that as educational institutions function with limited resources, they could be charged reasonably for this facility.
The vice chancellor, however did not comment on whether Mumbai University itself is ready to reap the benefits of the technology.
