Srinagar, Jan 8: In a latest development, the University of Kashmir (KU) has made biometric attendance mandatory for the students enrolled in the affiliated private colleges of the varsity.
A circular in this regard has been issued by the Assistant Registrar Dean Colleges Development Council (DCDC) of the University.
“All the Chairpersons and Principals of private affiliated colleges of the University of Kashmir are hereby informed that biometric attendance for all the enrolled students and staff has been made mandatory from the year 2026-27,” the KU circular reads.
The Principals of all the affiliated colleges have been directed to install biometric attendance machines in their respective institutions on or before the commencement of the Academic year 2026-27 under intimation to the Dean College Development Council of the University.
“The college shall also ensure proper upkeep, maintenance, and systematic preservation of all biometric attendance records for future reference and verification,” it reads.
The Colleges have been directed to comply with this directive “without fail.”
The move comes in wake of the inspections conducted last year by the DCDC of KU in various B.Ed colleges where most of the students were found absent.
An official said that there were complaints about the poor attendance of the students in B.Ed colleges.
“The students do not attend their B.Ed classes regularly which defeats the purpose of the course,” the official said.
As already reported, the DCDC of KU earlier barred the B.Ed students who were falling short of attendance, to appear in their semester exams.
The decision was taken in wake of the surprise inspection conducted by Dean College Development Council (DCDC) of KU in June-July month of 2025 wherein many students were found absent from the classes.
