QR code attendance — scan the ID card, mark the register
The simplest digital attendance that actually holds up in a school of 2,500. A unique QR code on every student and staff ID card, scanned by any Android phone at the gate or in class — with the parent notified in real time.
A code on the card, a phone at the gate
We generate a unique QR code for every student and every staff member and print it on their photo ID card — or supply stickers if your cards are already made. The student holds the card up to a phone mounted at the entrance; the app reads the code, confirms the name on screen, stamps the time, and pushes a notification to the parent.
- Instant generation and printing. Codes are produced in bulk from your student list and printed on site — no specialist skills, no mapping session.
- Both directions. IN at arrival and OUT at dispersal, each notified separately.
- Photo verification. A photograph can be captured at the scan, which is what makes proxy attendance pointless.
- Multiple scan points. Jadavpur Vidyapith runs seven. Each one is a phone.
A real QR ID card in use — Jamaldaha Tulsidebi H.S. School, the first government school in Mekhliganj block to issue digital ID cards.
QR is the low-risk way to go digital
Cheapest to deploy
No readers, no servers, no per-gate terminal. A printed card and a phone are the whole apparatus.
Fastest to roll out
From your student Excel to scanning at the gate in 24–48 hours, including card generation.
Nothing to explain
Students already understand holding up a card. There is no training session, and no resistance.
Cheap to replace
A lost card costs the price of a card. A lost RFID tag costs the price of electronics.
Same parent alerts
Identical notification, e-diary entry and monthly percentage as face mode. The capture method changes; the outcome does not.
Upgrade later, free of pain
Turn on face recognition whenever you like — the photos are already in the system, so there is nothing to redo.
Where do you want the scan to happen?
At the gate
A phone is mounted in a stand or wall cradle at the entrance. Students scan on the way in and on the way out. This is what produces the “your child has reached school” message parents value most.
- Catches late arrivals precisely
- Records departure time too
- One phone per 1,000 students in a 15-minute window
In the classroom
The class teacher scans during first period from their own phone. Useful for period-wise verification, for schools without a controllable single entrance, and as a fallback.
- No fixed installation needed
- Works for period-wise records
- Can run alongside gate scanning
QR attendance, answered
Our ID cards are already printed. Do we have to redo them?
No. We supply QR code stickers keyed to each student, which are applied to the back of the existing card. Schools that are due for new cards usually let us print the QR directly on the card instead — it is neater and cannot peel off.
What happens when a student loses the card?
You tell us, we void the old code and issue a fresh card or sticker — usually the same day, at card cost. Compare that with an RFID card, where the replacement is a priced electronic item and the old one still works if somebody finds it.
Can the class teacher take attendance instead of a gate device?
Yes. The same app on the teacher's own phone scans the QR codes during first period. Many schools do both: gate scanning for arrival and departure, class scanning as a period-wise cross-check.
Can a student scan a friend's card?
With our premium photo verification option the app captures a live photograph at the moment of scanning and sends it to the parent. So a proxy attempt produces a photograph of the wrong face on the right parent's phone — which is why it stops happening after the first week.
Does the QR code contain my child's personal data?
The code carries an anonymous institution-scoped identifier, not personal details. Reading it with a generic scanner app gives a meaningless string; only your school's authorised app resolves it to a student record.
Send us your student list and see real cards
Share an Excel export and we will generate sample QR ID cards for your own school — names, classes, roll numbers, your logo — so the committee sees the actual thing before approving.
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