Digital attendance
School attendance management system for Kenyan schools
Replace paper registers with a digital one. Teachers mark attendance on a phone, tablet or computer, and the school office sees attendance by class and by learner without collecting books at the end of the week.
What the attendance module does
Register on any device
Teachers open their class and mark learners from a phone, tablet or computer. No app download is needed.
Class and learner reports
See attendance for a whole class or drill into one learner’s record across the term.
One record, not many books
The register lives in one place, so a lost or damaged book no longer means lost attendance data.
Weekly summary for the head
Headteachers get a weekly attendance summary by email instead of asking teachers for numbers.
Staff attendance too
Track staff attendance alongside learners, so the office has one view of who is in school.
Visible to parents
Guardians can see their child’s attendance record in the parent portal.
How it works day to day
- 1
Set up classes and learners
Import learners from a CSV file and assign them to classes.
- 2
Teachers mark the register
Each morning the class teacher opens the class and marks who is present.
- 3
Review and report
The office checks attendance by class or learner and follows up on absences.
Questions, answered
- How do I digitize school attendance records?
- Import your learners into the system, assign them to classes, and have each class teacher mark the register on a phone, tablet or computer. Past paper registers can stay in storage as an archive.
- Do teachers need to install an app?
- No. DiraSchool runs in a web browser on any phone, tablet or computer.
- Can I see attendance for one learner across the term?
- Yes. Open the learner’s record to see their attendance history, or view a class report to compare learners.
- Can parents see attendance?
- Yes. Parents see their child’s attendance in the parent portal.
- What does it cost?
- Every school can start with a free one-term trial. See the pricing page for current plans.
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Next step
Retire the paper register
Start a free one-term trial, import your learners and take the register tomorrow morning.