The Department of School Education and Literacy in Karnataka is planning to use mobile phone-based facial recognition to mark attendance in the Students Achievement Tracking System (SATS) – the ...

Uma Kumar, a school teacher said, “Introducing facial recognition for attendance is a much-needed modernisation of the education system, improving accuracy and ensuring accountability.

Bengaluru: The school education department's push to use AI-powered facial recognition system (FRS) for student attendance has ignited a fierce debate.

The State had introduced facial recognition attendance systems after earlier instances of staff using latex thumb covers to manipulate fingerprint-based systems.