Having heard many justifications for schools to use biometrics I was interested to see what "right information" Swalecliffe Community Primary School were giving to parents so I asked to see this via the Freedom of Information Act. Steve Clayton, the Business Manager also stated that this biometric system would save the school "essential funds" - brilliant! Seriously, any system that can save public tax payers money deserves consideration, so I also asked to see cost benefit analysis done on the biometric system.
Interesting that biometrics is finding it's way back into the primary school market. Previously fingerprinting primary age school children gave biometrics in schools bad press (hence my involvement when my 6 and 7 year old children were nearly fingerprinted without my consent in 2005).
Let's see what Swalecliffe's repsonse is - it's due by 21st February 2014.
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It will likely be to do with either/and/or money, security, welfare of children, faster system to use, keeping up with the times. All platitudes as far as I'm concerned.
I don't understand how there can be cost benefit, as this breaches the on convention on a child's rights. Futher more to gain access to the printers if you don't have a finger print registered they have to scan your face to generate a unique id, so you can print your work. If you refuse then your child will have to go to the teacher to get them to print your work! It's totally stupid, as children will be stigmatised.
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