Mark attendance on portal or face salary cuts, govt teachers told
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Ranchi: In a stern warning to all govt schoolteachers across the district, the Ranchi district education department has asked them to mark their daily attendance on the e-Vidya Vahini portal or face salary cuts.
Teachers not marking attendance on the portal will be deemed absent for the day and their salaries will be deducted.
Deputy commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri on Friday said the decision was taken after receiving multiple reports of non-compliance from various schools across. "Despite several reminders, many teachers were lax in updating their attendance on the digital system, hampering real-time monitoring of school functioning," he said.
The directive states that teachers failing to mark their attendance on the platform will face proportionate salary deductions for the days missed. The department shared that approximately 70% of teachers are marking their attendance on the portal while 25% are non-compliant. Around 5% of the teachers across the district are on approved leaves.
District superintendent of education, Badal Raj, said, "Anyone not on approved leave and failing to mark attendance on the portal, regardless of the reason, such as late arrival, will be marked absent if no prior intimation is given. The e-Vidya Vahini platform has been designed to bring transparency and efficiency in the functioning of schools. Teachers must understand that accurate and timely attendance is their responsibility.
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Raj added, "This is a step to ensure discipline and data accuracy. Many govt initiatives like mid-day meal planning, student-teacher ratio, and learning outcome monitoring depend on real-time teacher attendance data."
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