College uses mobile phones to monitor attendance
Aomori University has started using mobile phones in what it calls a system to thwart attendance record cheats, reports the Mainichi Daily News.
Students attending classes must use a mobile phone to e-mail a college administrators’s site a number their teacher will show them as the lesson begins.
Administrators then randomly select five to 10 students who have claimed attendance and send them a reply.
Those receiving the reply must stand up and give their name in the classroom. The random selection aims to prevent students from helping absentee pals skirt the attendance requirement.
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