Web-Integrated Fingerprint Attendance Monitoring System with Excuse Management for Educational Institutions

This research paper presents the design of a Web-Integrated Fingerprint Attendance Monitoring System with Excuse Management tailored for educational institutions. It addresses the limitations of traditional attendance methods—such as inefficiency, susceptibility to proxy attendance, and lack of systematic absence handling—by leveraging biometric fingerprint recognition and a centralized web platform. The proposed system integrates a fingerprint scanner, local processing unit, centralized database, and a web-based portal that provides dashboards for faculty, administrators, and students. A key innovation is the excuse management module, which allows students to formally submit absence requests that faculty can review and approve online, ensuring fairness and transparency in attendance records. Expected outcomes include time efficiency (reducing roll-call duration by over 60%), improved accuracy through biometric verification, and scalability via web integration across multiple classes and departments. The paper also highlights challenges such as network reliability, hardware costs, and data privacy concerns. By combining biometric verification, web technologies, and structured excuse management, the system aims to deliver a more accurate, transparent, and scalable solution to attendance monitoring in academic institutions.