Why RFID attendance system in school and its benefits
                                  
      
                                
                  
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Why RFID Attendance System in 
Schools & its Benefits?
Why RFID Attendance System In Schools & Its Benefits?
       Every day we all appreciate the benefits of RFID solutions even though many of us do not 
acknowledge their presence in different situations in our everyday life. We see it in shops, 
libraries, hospitals, amusement parks, airports, schools and any location where item / people 
movements are tracked to better serve customers. While RFID-related solutions have long been 
part of libraries, there is a sudden increase in student monitoring RFID applications as it 
improves the overall safety of students in schools and other areas where continuous adult 
supervision is required. RFID systems can produce huge data that can be analyzed to provide 
insights into decision-making.
       How RFID System Works
 In a school environment, RFID can be applied to gain benefits for all participants–students, 
family, educators, and management. An RFID tag is issued to each student to wear. It can be in 
the form of an ID card and part of your uniform every day. Each RFID tag is preprogrammed in 
conjunction with the student's unique user profile. The antennas will be placed in strategical 
locations like school gate, classroom doors, library, canteen, etc. Multiple antennas can be 
placed around the same location to increase accuracy and work as a standby to avoid the single 
point of failure.
 The antennas will be connected via a well-planned network of power cables and communication 
cables to RFID readers and power source. RFID readers are then connected to a computer for the 
information and database to be stored and processed. This computer will be linked to the 
student information system such as Paatham by sending different warnings to the stakeholders. 
Ex: SMS alerts parents when they enter the main door, Mobile app alerts when they enter or 
leave a certain area.
 B enefits of using RFID Attendance System in schools
 Security & Safety
      A well-developed RFID attendance system provides protection for students ' daily operations 
and health. As all the information about the student is registered and transmitted to the parents 
after the student enters the gate in the morning before leaving at night, there is less worry 
about the safety of the students. Since all the information are transmitted by SMS or mobile 
apps to parents, parents find peace of mind and can comfortably concentrate on their jobs.
 Fast Communication
       Without an automatic RFID solution, to communicate with the parents, each of the updates 
must be entered manually in the student information system. This job could be completed either 
end of the day or once every week, depending on the workload of teachers and admin staff. This 
is not beneficial to the parents as it is the same as how schools are pre-technology run. All 
location data is collected and automatically transmitted to the student information system with 
RFID solution. The same information will be provided to the parents on pre-set timing and logic, 
depending on the settings chosen by the student information system operator.
 Better Discipline & Better Grades
      It is observed and proven in case studies that a well-monitored school will have better discipline 
compared to schools without surveillance. This is not only because of the improved discipline of 
the kids, but also due to the improved discipline of various non-teaching staff in the school like 
security guards, bus drivers, maids etc.. When students are aware of the fact that the 
attendance is tracked live and communicated to parents instantaneously, this will avoid 
disciplinary issues. And better-disciplined students produce better grades and good citizens.
 O ther Places to Install and Benefit from RFID System in a 
School
 Libraries
      Apart from attending students, the RFID solution can be applied to improve 
everyone's library experience. The books can be embedded for tracking and data 
analysis with RFID tags instead of barcode. It, in conjunction with student RFID 
tags, can create seamless experience in borrowing and returning library books 
without the need for library queues. Students may also check for the availability of 
any book in library management software or school management software. 
 Restricted Areas
      In most of the schools, there will be restricted areas where the students are not 
advised not to approach. This can be for privacy, security, and safety or to 
improve discipline. The entry to the restricted areas can be tracked and the 
warning can be issued immediately.
 School Buses
      Another recent trend is to implement an RFID system in school buses. This allows 
the tracking of students outside the school campus when they are on a school bus. 
This collects information about the stops where the kids on-boarded and de-
boarded the bus. This also will be communicated to parents on a realtime basis 
through the student information system mobile apps or SMS.. 
Benefit from RFID System To Teaching & Non-
Teaching Staff
      While the RFID system is mainly used to track student attendance, the same 
system can be applied to track teachers and non-teaching staff attendance and 
movement without cost increases. The same components of hardware and 
software can be used to produce information on the performance and actions of 
teachers and non-teaching personnel on the school campus.
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