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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Thu May 8, 2003 @ 5:20pm |
 Coolness: 149490 | Irish schools stop truants with text messages
Thursday, May 8, 2003 Posted: 10:37 AM EDT (1437 GMT) DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) -- Two Irish schools are testing a new scheme using modern mobile-phone technology to take the temptation out of playing truant. Under the scheme, a database records the names of absent students each day and automatically sends out a text message to parents notifying them if their child missed roll-call. "If the absenteeism is legitimate, parents can ignore the message. If not, they can contact the school," David Sweeney, principal of Dublin's Portmarnock Community School -- one of the two pilot sites -- said on Thursday. While the school, which has 900 pupils aged between 12 and 18, did not have a big problem with truancy, the scheme had already made an impact, he said. "It's a natural progression from the old style of roll-call. It's quick and efficient and we're very pleased with it." However, he noted there had been some resistance from students to supplying their parents' mobile numbers. A spokesman for Dataset IT Systems, which operates the technology, said interest in the scheme was growing. Mirroring moves by Britain, the Irish government beefed up legislation last year to fine and even imprison parents for failing to deal with persistent truancy by their children. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Fri May 9, 2003 @ 10:34am |
 Coolness: 472480 | So easy these days hey ... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ApR1zM replied on Fri May 9, 2003 @ 11:04am |
 Coolness: 165475 | what if some smart kids decide to build a signal jammer and plug it somewhere near the school ...
or better what if they did a sms server simulator and simply get all the msg and just re root them nowhere ! so everybody thinks things are cool but hey their not! shit i wanna be in school again! and outsmart these suckas! but then again i knew nothing about radio frequencies back then :( |
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