Akhilesh slams UP government for suspending digital attendance system in schools

Samajwadi Party SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav has criticised the Uttar Pradesh government for suspending the implementation of the digital attendance system in staterun schools ahead of the upcoming byelectionsHe said that the BJPs true nature has been revealed to teachers and the general publicDue to fear of defeat in the byeelections the BJP government has postponed the order of digital attendance of teachers and demolition of Pantnagar and Indraprastha in Lucknow This should be completely cancelled Akhilesh Yadav said in a post on X on Tuesday lsquo rsquo lsquo rsquo hellipmdash Akhilesh Yadav yadavakhilesh July 16 2024He added The BJPs true face has been revealed to teachers and the common people Teachers and the public will not only defeat the BJP in the byeelections but in every future election The people have used the bulldozer of their power against the BJP governments tyrannyFollowing controversies surrounding the digital attendance system the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to form an expert committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to address the problems and suggestions of teachersThis committee will include officials of the Education Department members of the Teachers Union educationists etc and will listen to the problems and suggestions of teachers and submit its report The committee will consider all the dimensions of education and give suggestions for improvementDigital attendance will be kept suspended till further orders A decision will be taken on the basis of the committees reportAdditional Chief Secretary of Secondary Education Deepak Kumar Principal Secretary of Basic Education Dr Shamuga Sundaram Director General School Education Kanchan Verma State President of Uttar Pradesh Primary Teachers Association Dr Dinesh Chandra Sharma and other senior officials were present in the meetingEarlier the Yogi government had issued instructions to implement a digital attendance system for both teachers and students to make staterun schools more digitally active Under this system both students and teachers would be required to mark their attendance using a face recognition systemThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever