As many as 1,600 biometric attendance systems will be installed in North Delhi Municipal Corporation schools, the standing committee decided on Wednesday.
An official said that the estimated cost of the project is ₹9.10 crore, and tender for the same will soon be floated through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.
‘Aadhaar-ready’
Employees will have to enrol their Aadhaar numbers and other credentials for marking their attendance. However, the proposal document states that the devices will only be “Aadhaar-ready” so as to be linked in the future.
Records of attendance will be maintained on a cloud server to be set up by the winning bidder. The terms of the proposal stipulate a fine of ₹10,000 per day in case of failure of the server.
The official said that the attendance sheet will be marked with a QR code and will be tamper-proof. Up to 57,000 people are part of the corporation’s Education Department.
