JB school using facial scanner for attendance


Anxious time: Parents looking in at their children starting Year One on the first day of school at Sekolah Kebangsaan Pusat Kuala Ibai in Kuala Terengganu. — Bernama

JOHOR BARU: SK Taman Perling here has taken a different approach in recording the attendance of its pupils, teachers and staff by using a facial recognition system.

Headmaster Zamri Abd Wahab said the use of the system, introduced this year, was to smoothen the school’s daily operations.

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