In a move that seems like another example of surveillance culture gone mad, a school in South Yorkshire is trialing the use of RFID chips embedded in school uniforms according to
The Doncaster Free Press:
SECONDARY school pupils are having their "every step traced" under a new monitoring system which sees a microchip embedded in their school uniform.
Currently ten pupils at Hungerhill School in Edenthorpe are having their movements monitored by radio technology, but its Doncaster makers hope the system could soon be attached to every school uniform in the country, if the pilot scheme proves successful.
Under the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) surveillance system the Hungerhill pupils have a memory microchip discreetly embedded onto their school badge which produces a radio signal. It means the pupils can be identified the moment that they step into a classroom. Its inventor, Trevor Darnborough, says the technology has many advantages including; offering accurate and speedy registration of pupils, ensuring child security, providing visual confirmation of attendance to help cover teachers and easy data input for the school's behavioural and reporting system.
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Along with finger-printing of school children this is raising questions from privacy advocates such as the group
"Leave Them Kids Alone".
Heck, why not go the whole hog and inject a chip that contains the learners complete e-portfolio?
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