Akhilesh Yadav Criticizes Uttar Pradesh Government for Suspending Digital Attendance in Schools
Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav has criticized the Uttar Pradesh government for suspending the implementation of the digital attendance system in state-run schools ahead of the upcoming by-elections. He said that the BJP’s true nature has been revealed to teachers and the general public.
“Due to fear of defeat in the bye-elections, 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.
He added, “The BJP’s true face has been revealed to teachers and the common people. Teachers and the public will not only defeat the BJP in the bye-elections but in every future election. The people have used the bulldozer of their power against the BJP government’s tyranny.”
Following 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 teachers. This 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 improvement.
Digital attendance will be kept suspended till further orders. A decision will be taken on the basis of the committee’s report.
Additional 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 meeting.
Earlier, the Yogi government had issued instructions to implement a digital attendance system for both teachers and students to make state-run schools more digitally active. Under this system, both students and teachers would be required to mark their attendance using a face recognition system.
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Akhilesh Yadav -: Akhilesh Yadav is a politician in India and the leader of the Samajwadi Party. He was also the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India.
Uttar Pradesh -: Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. It is the most populous state in the country.
Digital Attendance -: Digital attendance is a system where students’ attendance is recorded using technology, like face recognition, instead of traditional methods like roll call.
By-elections -: By-elections are special elections held to fill political positions that become vacant between regular elections.
BJP -: BJP stands for Bharatiya Janata Party, which is one of the major political parties in India.
Expert Committee -: An expert committee is a group of people with special knowledge or skills who are asked to study a problem and suggest solutions.
Face Recognition -: Face recognition is a technology that can identify or verify a person from a digital image or video by comparing facial features.
