A new vocational learning program has begun for students between 14-19 in Britain. Offering diplomas in IT, media, construction, engineering and health, it’s offered to students who are based in schools, although the education is undertaken off-campus, at schools or elsewhere. And that leaves the tantalizing possibility of non-attendance.
However, new software might make that glaringly obvious. The Guardian reports that Collaborative Learning Manager, a new piece of technology, can track the attendance of students and instantly inform authorities when they don’t show up for lessons.
Developed by Perspective, the idea is very simple. At each lesson, instructors will register the students there, and with a simple click the information is sent to the Vocational Education Support Agency, which can immediately inform schools and parents of non-attendance.
