Attendance
School attendance management system
Mark a whole class in one tap, alert parents the moment a child is absent, and get attendance reports without lifting a register.
Edflo's attendance management system replaces paper registers with one-tap mobile marking and real-time reporting. Teachers save time, parents get instant peace of mind, and admins finally see attendance trends across every class and section at a glance.
The trouble with manual attendance
Paper registers are slow, easy to lose and impossible to analyse. By the time anyone notices a pattern of absences, parents have missed the chance to act. Admins never get a current picture of the school at all.
- ×Teachers spend the first 10 minutes of class on roll call
- ×Parents find out about absences far too late
- ×Monthly attendance reports are compiled by hand
- ×No way to spot attendance patterns or chronic absentees
How Edflo helps
One-tap marking on mobile
Teachers mark a whole class in seconds from the Edflo app. Present, absent or late, with no paperwork and no data entry waiting back at the office.
- Mark a full class with a single tap
- Works on any Android or iOS phone
- Optional geofencing so staff attendance is location-verified
Instant parent alerts
The moment a student is marked absent, parents get a notification through the app, WhatsApp or SMS. No more finding out at the end of the month.
- Automatic absent alerts in real time
- Reaches parents on the channels they actually check
- Reduces unexplained absences and improves safety
Every register for the day, on one screen
Class Attendance puts every class and section on one page for the day you pick: how many registers are taken, how many students are present or absent, and which sections nobody has marked yet. Download the day for the whole school, one class or one section, ready for the principal or a class teacher.
- Sections not yet marked stand out, so nobody has to go round asking
- Any past day, for the whole school, a class or a section
- Class-wise summary: one line per class and section, with present, absent, late, leave, not marked and the attendance percentage
- Student-wise register: every student with registration number, father's name, mobile number and the day's status
- PDF on the school's letterhead with signature lines, or CSV
Reports and analytics that write themselves
Daily and monthly attendance reports are generated automatically, with class-wise and section-wise dashboards that surface trends and chronic absentees.
- Automated daily and monthly reports
- Class-wise and section-wise analytics
- Spot at-risk students before it becomes a problem
Results schools see
Frequently asked questions
How do teachers mark attendance in Edflo?
Teachers open the Edflo app, select their class and mark students present, absent or late in a single tap. It syncs instantly, so admins and parents see updates in real time with no paperwork.
Do parents get notified when a student is absent?
Yes. As soon as a student is marked absent, parents receive an automatic alert through the parent app, and optionally via WhatsApp and SMS, so they know immediately.
Can Edflo track staff attendance too?
Yes. Edflo supports staff attendance with optional geofencing to verify location, and it feeds directly into payroll so salaries reflect actual attendance.
Can the office see which classes haven't marked attendance yet?
Yes. The Class Attendance screen shows every section for the day, with the ones not yet marked or only partly marked labelled, so they stand out. A section's attendance percentage counts only the students who have been marked, so a half-finished register is not shown as poor attendance.
Does it work without internet in the classroom?
Teachers only need a brief connection to sync. Marking is fast and lightweight, and once synced, reports and parent alerts are generated automatically.
Get the Edflo app
Admin, teacher and parent apps, on iOS and Android.
See Edflo in action at your school
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