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    • Truancy Control and e-Registry
    the ideal application of smart card technology

    Local Government
    • FEATURES AT A GLANCE
    • .: SIMS attendace and SIMS.Net compatable.
    • .: Swipe and register
    • .: Integrates easily with other current systems
    • .: Low cost
    • .: Share information with parents
    • .: Fast and intuitive
    • .: Detect truancy patterns
    • .: Teachers get on with teaching
    • .: Highly secure
    • .: Easily make changes
    • .: Every absence is logged
    • .: Automated action taken
    • .: Less administrative work
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    Smart Card Technology How will your school meet the new Government targets for attendance? Does daily registration give your school headaches? Would you like to cut down on staff time spent on registration and follow-up?

    Our experience as an established ICT solutions provider to schools across the UK has led to the release of Elonex Truancy Control - a completely new way of meeting Government targets using your existing computer resources and administration software.

    No need to take the register
    Elonex Truancy Control removes the job of registration from your teachers and provides your school with up-to-the-minute attendance information instantly. It even automates follow-up activity for absences with facilities for e-mail, text messages, phone calls and letters, without burdening your busy administration staff. Through the use of the latest Smart Card technology Elonex gives you the tools to cut down unauthorised absence as well as staff time and effort.

    Why Elonex Truancy Control?
    With all schools now required to set and attain attendance levels the need for automated ways of managing truancy is now more urgent than ever. But existing systems, even those that come with your school's administration software, rely on manual register-taking, with registers having to be filled in, taken to the school office and entries compiled every day.

    This labour-intensive process puts a burden on teachers and office staff and can lead to frequent mistakes and omissions. Due to the large mass of data collected analysis is difficult and much useful information about trends and individual patterns is missed for lack of time. And following up absences is very time-consuming too. Alerting parents to unexpected non-attendance means daily bursts of concentrated contacting that place a strain on staff and parents alike.

    This is where Elonex Truancy Control fills the gap. Using our contactless Smart cards every pupil is tracked and attendance recorded, without the need for daily roll-call! Instead, teachers are quickly told about absences by the system and can plan their actions accordingly. Alerting parents and other follow-up activity can be automated too, allowing everyone to concentrate on the smooth delivery of learning benefits.

    .: Compatible with SIMS and other systems

    Benefits
    Use your existing investment in ICT resources and training - with minimal learning required.

    Interfaces directly with SIMS attendace, SIMS.Net. And integrates easily with other current school administration systems.

    .: Swipe and register

    Pupils swipe their cards near the wall-mounted classroom reader to register Teachers don't need to take register.

    Contactless Smart cards using proximity readers. Smart cards can be used for other purposes too - in the library, canteen, tuck-shop, secure areas, and even large corporations.

    .: Low cost

    Enjoy lower cost at the start and very low costs in future to maintain and expand your attendance management system

    Low initial investment in classroom readers, Truancy Control software, a controlling PC and the installation. The cost of expanding with additional card readers is very low, unlike competing PDA based systems.

    .: Fast and intuitive

    No need to re-train.

    It reports absences in real time: either with print-outs or on-line direct to the teacher's desk.

    .: Detect truancy patterns

    This feature helps the school to provide the degree of pastoral care needed in today's educational environment.

    Long-term trends and behaviour can be tracked easily. This cannot be done effectively with most currently available competing systems.

    .: Teachers get on with teaching

    No need for teacher input - just read attendance report each day or half-day.

    All data on registration is collected automatically by the system.

    .: Highly secure

    Security is built-in to Elonex Truancy Control. The system is reliable and effortless

    Cards cannot be forged or duplicated. Amendments can only be made by the school.

    .: Easily make changes

    No waiting - new pupil details can be entered and activated immediately.

    Smart cards are re-programmable so changes can be made instantly.

    .: Every abscence is logged

    Keep track of events at all times, monitoring receipt of notes, progress and end-results.

    Unique reference number generated by every absence event, whether authorised or unauthorised.

    .: Automated action taken

    Correct procedures are being followed and the necessary notification has been sent to the parent or guardian as soon as possible.

    Automated follow-up by instant SMS text message to mobile phone, e-mail, telephone call or letter - the choice is yours to suit your school environment.

    .: Less administrative work

    Removes a major headache from school administration.

    Reduces complexity of registration and attendance control processes.