Jabalpur – The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected a lawsuit that tried to stop the new e‑attendance rule for government school teachers. The decision means the state can keep going ahead with the digital attendance system without any court roadblocks.
A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf said the matter belongs to the executive branch, so the court does not need to interfere.
The petition came from Sunil Kumar Singh, who heads the Guest Teacher Coordination Committee in Ashoknagar district. Singh challenged a June 20 order from the School Education Department that makes teachers log their daily attendance on the Humare Shikshak app. The order will take effect for more than 350,000 teachers on July 1, 2025.
Singh argued that many rural teachers live in areas with weak mobile signals. He said the lack of connectivity could cause teachers to be marked absent and hit fines, even if they are actually teaching.
During the hearing, Additional Advocate General Nilesh Yadav defended the app. He said the platform offers real‑time monitoring, stops ghost‑teaching, and feeds data that can help with transfers and promotions. He explained that teachers in low‑coverage zones can still submit attendance offline. District officers have run workshops that show how to upload geo‑tagged photos within an approved time window each morning.
The court noted that the e‑attendance system fits into the larger Education 3.0 agenda, which aims to modernise school administration. It added that other measures already handle rural connectivity issues, so the lawsuit was premature.
After the judge rolled out the decision, Singh withdrew his case, effectively ending the challenge. The verdict lets the Education Department push the rollout forward. The new system initially faced resistance, including a partial boycott on launch day when fewer than ten percent of teachers logged in. Since then, compliance has risen to over 90 percent as training expands and signal boosters reach remote blocks.
State Education Minister Rao Uday Pratap Singh welcomed the High Court’s order, saying it confirms the department’s commitment to transparency in a system that serves millions of students across 120,000 schools.
Source: ianslive
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