DRS Real-Time e-Registration Solutions for Further Education

Helping to Evaluate Student Retention with Real -Time and Accurate Attendance Data

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DRS has been supporting Local Authorities, schools and colleges across the country with attendance and lesson monitoring technologies, specifically designed to improve accuracy and reduce the administrative burden associated with this traditionally time-consuming task.

Thousands of educational institutions around the world are using traditional DRS OMR technologies to collect class and lesson attendance data, but more and more are turning to real-time electronic registration to ensure they reap the benefits e-Registration provides.

Current Drawbacks with Manual Registration Methods

Traditional methods for marking registers and transferring attendance data to back end Management Information Systems often prove to be costly in terms of the time, resource and administration required. Examples are:

• if completed registers are not left in the designated pick-up area in time, they may not be collected on time
• there is no immediacy of data because of the delay in the registration process
• the current process used for registration can be inconsistent, inaccurate and out of date
• the real whereabouts of students is often unknown due to delays in transferring attendance data into the college/university Management Information System
• backlogs occur when a member of the data keying staff is absent
• teaching staff often have inadequate time and resource to follow up on attendance issues immediately and as a result of this, the tracking and monitoring of students’ attendance data is not always readily available
• teaching staff are often unavailable for response when issues are raised on incorrect information contained on registers
• colleges cannot always monitor student attendance patterns and are unable to intervene where appropriate due to the poor reliability of the current registration process
• the overall current process used for registration and attendance is not efficient enough to be able to cope, track and monitor EMA students attendance successfully

Colleges often realise that traditional processes used for registration and attendance do not provide clean, accurate and immediate data. DRS real-time e-Registration solutions will alleviate the issues above, increase efficiency and ultimately save the college time and revenue.

An independent study conducted by the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) of the University of Warwick showed that e-Registration, when used to its full potential, can significantly reduce levels of truancy within the first two years of implementation, for example through its capacity for lesson-by-lesson registration.

IntelliReg® is specifically geared towards meeting the requirements of FE & HE establishments and enables them to record student attendance data cleanly, immediately, accurately and consistently, whilst adding overall efficiency and many other benefits.

The on-going relationship between DRS and Management Information suppliers will help to ensure the smooth implementation of the IntelliReg® interface - the key part to the successful operation of the registration and attendance process.  DRS IntelliReg® is tested and proven and is the preferred choice for colleges with growing issues and requriements.