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Fingerprint scans - latest weapon in truancy fight
News A secondary school in Berkshire is set to trial biometric fingerprint scanning technology to keep track of pupils entering and leaving its premises and cut truancy rates. Sixth form students at Edgbarrow school in the... [17 Jul 2006]
Fast threatens school heads with detention
News Taylor said education professionals are focused on dealing with "violence, drugs, bullying, truancy, shrinking budgets and escalating government regulations", not "worrying about whether they've got licences for anything... [24 May 2006]
Teachers want computer games in the classroom
News Good news for truancy officers. There may soon be fewer pupils bunking off as teachers in the UK have given their backing to a scheme which intends to bring computer games into the classroom. While many will clearly... [13 Jan 2006]
Finalists for CNET Tech Awards get the nod
News Truancy Call The finalists for the CNET Networks UK Technology Awards, organised by the publisher of silicon.com, have been announced, highlighting some of the most innovative users of IT in the UK as well as leading... [04 Aug 2005]
Irish school scans fingers to beat truancy
News A school in Ireland is testing biometric fingerprint readers in a bid to stamp out truancy. St Andrews College is making second-year pupils sign up to TruancyGuard - a mechanism that reads fingerprints without recording... [01 Jun 2005]
Students want their GCSEs by SMS
News SMS is used to keep parents and schools in touch over educational matters, such as truancy. With exam results day looming, it seems that teenagers are switching on to the idea of getting their A level or GCSE marks by text. [11 Aug 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 30.05.03
Comment Meanwhile, the UK government has announced plans to use text messaging to combat the rise of truancy in schools. A survey of 50 schools involved in the scheme reported an average reduction in truancy... [30 May 2003]
Schools use SMS to tackle truancy
News Schools across England are using SMS text messaging to try to buck the national increase in truancy. Government figures released this week reveal truancy numbers among secondary school students were up... [28 May 2003]
BT's bond, AOL's blunder and Blair's web baby...
News It is the ultimate in e-education, but we have to wonder about the endless possibilities for e-truancy. With funds running dangerously low, debts flying sky high, credit ratings falling and doubts over BT's ability to... [05 Dec 2000]
UK schools to get computerised register
News The UK Department of Education and Employment has announced a £500m package to tackle truancy and unruly classroom behaviour in British schools. Education and Employment secretary, David Blunkett, promised that a... [02 Oct 1998]
