State department of school education (DoSE) would be conducting pilot experiment of Teacher Attendance Monitoring System (TAMS) for all government schools under Viswema block, Kohima at SDO (Civil) Jakhama office, comprising of 25 schools from May 3-6, 2023 to verify all the employees’ data and register authenticated employees via a robust process.
In a press release, NEP-The Lighthouse (NECTAR) project director Thavaseelan K stated that Nagaland Education Project – The Lighthouse (NECTAR) is developing a TAMS as part of the World Bank supported “Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources (NECTAR)” project. He said the purpose of TAMS was to provide all the schools, teachers, and school leaders in Nagaland with the necessary software and hardware tools in order to report daily employee attendance in a reliable and timely manner.
For this purpose, he said TAMS would specifically employ the facial recognition technology for person identification, along with location and time stamping.
As part of the NECTAR project’s governance reforms, the project director said TAMS was being initiated by the NECTAR project and driven by the DoSE to guarantee optimum classroom teaching and transactions by ensuring the attendance and presences of teachers in their respective schools/classrooms.
Further, he said that TAMS was also being introduced to tackle the issue of proxy teachers and absenteeism.
Therefore, all teachers and employees under Viswema block, Kohima have been informed to appear with their original appointment order along with one photocopy, Aadhaar card, one recent passport photo, the ID card issued by SAMAGRA and the latest transfer/posting order.
The schedule for the verification and authentication: Government High School (GHS) Jakhama and GHS Kezocha at 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., GHS Khuzama at 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., GHS Kigwema at 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Government Primary School (GPS) Tekhuba New Reserve at 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon – on May 3; GHS Sakhabama and Government Middle School (GMS) Jakhama at 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., GMS K Khel Visema at 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., GMS Kezo Town and GMS Kezoma at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., GMS Kidima ‘A’ and GPS Zhodi Colony Jakhama at 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon on May 4; GMS Kigwema ‘A’, GMS Mima and GMS Mitelephe at 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., GMS Pfuchama, GMS Phesama and GPS Kezo Basa at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., GPS Khuzama ‘A’ at 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and GPS Kidima ‘A’ at 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon on May 5; GPS Kidima ‘B’, GPS Kigwema ‘C’ and GPS Kipfuzha Sector Kigwema at 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; GPS R Khel Viswema at 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and John Government Higher Secondary School Viswema at 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on May 6.
