{
  "id": 329661,
  "title": "MP Schools To Introduce Online Attendance For Classes 9-12, Low-Attendance Students To Be Tracked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/mp-schools-to-introduce-online-attendance-for-classes-9-12-low",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-schools-to-introduce-online-attendance-for-classes-9-12-low-attendance-students-to-be-tracked"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The state School Education Department in Madhya Pradesh has mandated schools to implement online attendance tracking for students from Classes 9 to 12. This new system, using Education Portal 3.0, aims to closely monitor students with frequent absences. Teachers are required to mark students as Present, Absent, or On Leave on the portal, with the system initially displaying all students as present.\n\nSchools will analyze the attendance data to identify students with consistently low attendance, triggering additional academic support measures. The department has also instructed schools to reach out to parents of chronically absent students, attempting to improve their attendance rates. This initiative comes amid concerns over low donor rates at Bhopal's sole human milk bank, which serves 750 newborns, raising worries among experts.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Irregular attendance among students has prompted the state School Education Department to tighten its monitoring mechanism. The Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) has now ordered schools to record the attendance of students from Classes 9 to 12 online, allowing the department to track students who frequently remain absent. The department has directed schools to…",
  "key_points": [
    "Madhya Pradesh mandates online attendance tracking for Classes 9-12.",
    "System uses Education Portal 3.0 to monitor frequent absentees.",
    "Schools to identify and support chronically absent students."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The new online attendance system in Madhya Pradesh schools shifts focus from punitive measures to early intervention, providing targeted support for students with low attendance and engaging parents to improve attendance rates.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}