Students who bunk school in Chandigarh will be identified through a message on their parents' mobile phones as soon as they are absent. This applies to 170,000 students from 111 government schools.

Students studying in government schools in Chandigarh will now not be able to skip school easily. If a student leaves home for school but goes somewhere else instead of reaching school, information about this will reach their parents. The School Education Department has linked students' attendance with the School Management Information System (SMIS). Now, if any student is found absent at school as soon as they mark in for morning attendance, their parents...