The government of Buenos Aires officially announced this Tuesday Control of teacher presentism in all schools in the city of Buenos Aires. This is prescribed by a resolution signed by the head of government, Jorge Macriwhich will be applied from the start of classes in 2026. Presenteeism is controlled by fingerprint The records teacher entry and exit in state educational institutions.
As far as he could tell THE NATIONthe government of Buenos Aires created the Digital attendance list where teachers must complete biometric enrollment before December 22nd.
“In the quest to digitize all school management processes, this will be the case only valid mechanism to record daily the entry and exit of teaching and non-teaching staff in public educational institutions of Buenos Aires where approved equipment is already installed,” city government sources stated.
In the meantime, they have clarified this in a next step There are also privately run public schools that receive subsidies from the state.
At the moment, 99% of the city’s primary, primary and secondary educational institutions already have the device to log staff entry and exit on a daily basis, according to the city’s Department of Education.
To complete and facilitate the enrollment process, service points will be set up that will be open until December 22nd. 50% of teachers, i.e. more than 28,000, is already registeredAnother 15,000 use the devices in a test instance.
Among the advantages of the measure detailed by the Government of Buenos Aires, the following stand out:
On his part Jorge Macrihighlighted the new measure in his X account: “We are leaving the paper signature book behind and moving to an agile, transparent and unified system. This is part of the.” Learn Buenos Aires plan and it has a concrete goal: to modernize the school, simplify administrative tasks and give teachers more time for what is important: that children learn more and better.”
“The introduction of the digital footprint is part of our strategic plan, which aims to digitize all school management processes in order to increase teaching and learning time and reduce the bureaucratic burden of paper management,” said the city’s education minister. Mercedes-Miguel.
The decision establishes a protocol in the event of equipment malfunction, of which the authorities of each facility must notify the General Directorate of Planning and Operational Control.
On the other hand, the Buenos Aires government noted that the new register will also have an impact on the Settlement of assetsas guidelines for the billing of the teaching allowance and the attendance allowance are being incorporated.
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