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    Ensure presence of ST students in schools, says DGE

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    By The Hindu Bureau

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    Ensure presence of ST students in schools, says DGE

    The Director of General Education (DGE) has issued a circular with strict directives to ensure the continuous presence of Scheduled Tribes (ST) students in public schools across the State.

    This is to ensure that ST students’ learning is not disrupted and that they get individual attention, accelerating their educational progress.

    As part of this initiative, all schools are mandated to use the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ mobile app and portal, developed by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), for accurately recording the attendance of the ST students. These directives are based on the decisions following a State-Level coordination committee meeting, which focussed on improving the studies of the ST students.

    Progress reports

    All schools must utilise the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ portal (https://sampoorna.kite.kerala.gov.in:446/plus) and mobile app. This platform facilitates the recording of attendance, generates progress reports for students and also facilitates sending messages to parents.

    Class teachers must compulsorily enter the attendance details of the ST students in the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ mobile app or portal, and headteachers must ensure that this is done. However, if the attendance of all students in the school is already being recorded in the ‘Sampoorna Plus’, then a separate entry for the ST students’ attendance is not necessary.

    Schools must immediately provide the total number of days that the ST students were absent during the months of June, July, August, and September 2025. Furthermore, information about the students present in school must be recorded accurately every day starting from Friday.

    User manual

    The headteachers of the respective schools and educational officers concerned must ensure that in every school, the ST children are attending classes regularly. KITE has issued instructions and a user manual regarding the use of the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ mobile app and portal.

    A separate dashboard to monitor this will also be provided in the portal, according to K. Anvar Sadath, CEO of KITE.

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