9 months ago
Assam Launches SMS Alerts for Student Absenteeism
The Assam government started a new system to help students go to school more often.
If a student is absent for five days in a row, the system sends messages to the student's teacher and parents.
These messages remind them to make sure the student goes back to school.
The messages are sent in five different languages to make sure everyone can understand them.
This is to help students stay in school and learn better.
The system will keep sending messages every 5 days until the student returns to school.
Teachers get detailed messages with the student's name and class, while parents get short reminders.
Assam launched an Automated SMS Alert System to reduce student absenteeism.
The system tracks daily attendance and sends alerts after 5 consecutive days of absence.
Alerts are sent to both class teachers and parents in five official languages.
The initiative aims to improve educational continuity and mitigate dropout risk.
The system is part of the Shiksha Setu Application used by the Department of School Education, Assam.
Alerts are sent at fixed intervals on the 5th, 10th, and 15th days of continuous absence.
- Who
- Assam Education Minister Dr Ranoj Pegu and the Department of School Education, Assam
- What
- Launched an Automated SMS Alert System to tackle student absenteeism
- Where
- Assam, India
- When
- Monday (specific date not mentioned)
- Why
- To address issues of student absenteeism and improve educational continuity
Key facts
- Location
- Assam, India
- Initiative
- Automated SMS Alert System
- Purpose
- Reduce student absenteeism
- Trigger
- 5 consecutive days of absence
- Languages
- Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Hindi, English
- Stakeholders
- Class Teachers, Parents/Guardians
- Alert Intervals
- 5th, 10th, and 15th days of continuous absence
Timeline
Assam's schools struggle with high dropouts, low teacher training.
Automated SMS alerts launched to tackle absenteeism, notifying teachers and parents after five missed school days.
Quotes
Ranoj Pegu
Cabinet Minister of Assam
“We are inaugurating a well-integrated system called the Automated SMS Absenteeism Alert System, which will send messages about students’ absences to class teachers and parents.”
assamtribune.com
“An SMS will be sent simultaneously to the class teacher and the parents or guardians. Messages will continue after every five days of absence, on the 10th day, 15th day and so on.”
assamtribune.com
Sources
Assam Launches Automated SMS Alert System To Tackle Student Absenteeism
No More Missing School: Assam Launches Automated SMS System To Curb Absenteeism
SMS Alerts To Check Student Absenteeism
Assam launches SMS alert system to track student absenteeism
