Break to fake attendance in degree colleges!
Bio-metric system to replace manual attendance
Bengaluru, November 23: The Higher Education department has decided to make bio-metric attendance system compulsory for the students to avoid fake attendance in all degree colleges across the state. The department would direct all colleges to set up the new attendance system by the end of this academic year.
Along with avoiding the fake attendance, it was decided to introduce this system to put an end to the allegation that the lecturers would not take classes at regular timings. If the new system is adopted, the number of absentee students would come down and it would avoid the teachers spending time sitting idle at the staff rooms.
The department has decided to implement this system in all degree colleges and universities for students and teaching staff. Every student and teacher should give his or her thumb impression while coming inside and going outside the college campus.
Data registration
During thumb impression while coming inside or going outside, the data of the students would be stored in the server. Since the data would be linked to the examination system, the students who would not get sufficient attendance would not get hall tickets for exams.
Applies to engineering colleges too
This decision would apply to engineering and polytechnic colleges in the state. The Higher Education department would shortly call a tender for installing the bio-metric system in all colleges.
‘Students of a particular university have given complaint that the teachers are not taking classes regularly. I have informed the vice chancellor of the concerned university to solve the problem”.
- GT Deve Gowda, Higher Education Minister
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8 children between ages of 1 and 14 dead after mass shooting in Louisiana, police say
Shreveport(US) (AP): A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in shootings at two different homes early Sunday in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in more than two years, police in Shreveport said.
The victims ranged in age from one to about 14 years old, said Shreveport police spokesperson Chris Bordelon. A total of 10 were shot and some of the children were related to the suspect, Bordelon said.
The gunman later died after a chase with officers who fired at the suspect, Bordelon said. The suspect stole a car while leaving the scene of the shootings and was followed by police, according to Bordelon.
Police did not release the name of the suspect but did say he was an adult male. The shootings were the result of a “domestic disturbance,” Bordelon said.
Officials said they were still gathering details at the crime scenes south of downtown Shreveport — the two homes and a third location.
“This is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,” he said.
It was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since eight people were killed in a Chicago suburb in January 2024, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
At a news conference outside the residence where one of the shootings occurred, officials appeared stunned, requesting patience and prayers from the community as they sorted through multiple crime scenes.
“I just don't know what to say, my heart is just taken aback,” Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said. “I cannot begin to imagine how such an event could occur.”
“This is a tragic situation — maybe the worst tragic situation we've ever had,” said Tom Arceneaux, mayor of the city in northwestern Louisiana with about 180,000 residents. “It's a terrible morning.”
Louisiana State Police say their detectives have been asked by Shreveport police to investigate. In a statement, state police say no officers were harmed in the shooting that involved an officer after a police pursuit into Bossier City on Sunday morning.
State police are asking anyone with pictures, video or information to share it with state police detectives.
Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry said in a statement that he and his wife were heartbroken. “We're deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers and first responders working tirelessly on the scene,” he added.
