Uttar Pradesh: Biometric attendance mandatory for madrasa teachers in Aligarh
Press Trust of India | November 20, 2025 | 03:03 PM IST | 1 min read
Uttar Pradesh's district magistrate Sanjiv Ranjan said the step has been taken in compliance with the instructions issued by the state government.
ALIGARH: The Aligarh district administration has made recording attendance through a biometric system mandatory for all madrasa teachers, officials said on Thursday. District Magistrate Sanjiv Ranjan said the step has been taken in compliance with the instructions issued by the Uttar Pradesh government.
"Henceforth, salaries of madrasa teachers will be disbursed based on their biometric attendance records," he told reporters. Responding to a query, Ranjan said the ongoing exercise to identify "illegal madrasas" in the district is currently on hold. Authorities have not yet provided a timeline for when the investigation into unregistered madrasas will resume.
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