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	Many schools and colleges now use ICT methods for registration of students....
	OMR - Optical Mark Recognition. Marks are drawn against pupil names on printed sheets in pre-defined places. The completed sheets are fed into an Optical Mark Reader. Light is used to scan the sheets to detect where the marks have been placed.
		quick and easy to fill in fast to read the data on the forms. data is automatically used as input to a computer for attendance analysis. but... OMR forms need to be filled in carefully with a dark pen or pencil OMR forms can be large if there are many pupils.
	On-line Pupil attendance data may be typed directly into a computer in each classroom. These are all connected by network to a file server where the data is collected and analysed. The network may be a wireless LAN (Local Area Network).
	Smart Cards Each student may be given a Smart Card which they need to swipe through a Card Reader. The Smart Card has a small chip embedded in it that includes memory storing data about the identity of the student.	A card reader
	Biometric Scans Registration may be done using one of a number of different biometric scans such as ... fingerprint scan retina scan voice recognition
	In all cases, the attendance data can be analysed to produce reports about the attendance record, or pattern of attendance for an individual student or for a group of students.
	Student record keeping may also be done on computer. A central database is stored on a networked file server. Data can be input from any workstation on the network. A record of each student's progress can be viewed or edited, and teachers can identify any student that needs help.