USING BIOMETRICS, BLOCKCHAIN AND SSI TECHNOLOGIES TO COMBAT POST REGISTRATION TRUANCY AND BUDDY PUNCHING

Monitoring and documenting cases of post registration truancy and “buddy punching” has been prohibitive in the past, particularly for large classes. This has been due to the potential disruption that such an exercise would cause to lesson proceedings and the lack of easy to use, non-intrusive technology to facilitate it. This paper presents a solution for these problems in a traditional class environment. It begins by examining student identification issues and the modern technologies available to address them. The security of both student identities and lesson attendance data is also considered, before presenting an outline of a combined solution using Biometrics, Internet of Things, Blockchain and Self Sovereign Identity technologies. The ideas presented here can be improved upon or customized and made to work in reality. The targets of this chapter include technologists, school administrators, policy makers and academics.