- MP teachers struggle with mandatory e-attendance app.
- Poor mobile network forces climbing trees, school roofs.
- Viral videos spark debate, demand for digital infrastructure.
MP News: The government school teachers in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh have been facing trouble due to poor phone network. Marking attendance on the "e-attendance" app has become a difficult task for teachers. Due to a lack of mobile network, teachers are forced to struggle to find a signal to mark their attendance. Some teachers were seen climbing tree branches or even climbing onto school rooftops to mark their presence.
The hunt for a mobile signal began after the authorities made e-attendance mandatory for government school teachers in Madhya Pradesh. The app not only records attendance but also ensures transparency and accountability in government schools. However, poor mobile network connectivity in remote areas emerged as a big hurdle in achieving the objectives of the project.
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Videos of teachers sitting dangerously on school rooftops to balance smartphones or holding branches of mango trees to catch phone signals have gone viral on social media.
Users React On Social Media
As videos of these struggles by teachers went viral on social media. The videos left Social media users divided. Few people found them funny, mocking teachers, while others questioned the project. Teachers' unions have demanded that the government provide digital infrastructure and practical options for online attendance.
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A similar video clip has surfaced from a government school in Barod, Agar Malwa district, showing a math teacher taking attendance mid-air. Some users mocked the teacher's struggle, saying the teacher was probably calculating the value of 'x' before the signal went out.
A Facebook user, Peduk Ete, took a jibe at the teacher, who climbed on the school rooftop in Chhatarpur. "Poor network proves to be a blessing to him, because of poor network he is at least doing some physical exercise every day that will keep him fit and healthy," he wrote on Facebook.
Another user, Jag Jit Singh, said in a Facebook post, "Change his subject to P.T as sir is super fit."
(With Jagran.com inputs)