E-attendance to be rolled out in government-aided schools in Karnataka

BENGALURU: To track regular absentees and improve transparency, the state government has ordered the implementation of a mobile-based facial recognition attendance system across all government and aided schools starting this (2025-26) academic year.

As per the order dated June 21, the AI-driven attendance system will help generate real-time and accurate attendance records of over 52 lakh students across 52,686 schools — 46,460 government and 6,226 aided institutions.