Kenya universities and colleges to capture biometric data of all students
Kenya’s Education Cabinet Secretary has directed universities and colleges to capture biometric data of all students within the next 120…
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Verificient Technologies signs the Student Privacy Pledge
Verificient Technologies has signed the Student Privacy Pledge developed by The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and The Software &…
Students develop cane with facial recognition capabilities to guide blind
ICT students at Birmingham City University have developed a new smart cane that uses facial recognition technology to enable the…
Monitoring behavioral biometrics helps ProctorU curb academic fraud
Online proctoring firm ProctorU is offering an online course video monitoring system, designed to help colleges and universities cut down…
San Diego school board to pilot facial recognition system for students
San Diego’s Encinitas Union School District is set to launch a first-of-its-kind pilot program that authenticates students on school-issued iPads…
Biometrics use at Massachusetts school raise privacy concerns from parents
The school system in North Adams, Massachusetts is introducing biometrics tofacilitate lunch lines at schools, which has raised concerns among…
Osun State, Nigeria government to issue biometric ID card for public school students
The government of Osun State in Nigeria is issuing a new smart identity card integrated with biometrics to all public…
Indian student group wants to suspend Aadhaar, NPR enrollment
A student group in Northern India has come out and asked the government to suspend biometric enrollment and to stop…
