Absence Makes the Phone Ring Yonder - An end-to-end attendance recording and tracking system.

In New Zealand schools there is rising concern regarding pupil enrolment and absenteeism. MUSAC, a business unit of Massey University, has worked with two other service providers to devise an end-to-end tracking system for pupil attendance. The process begins with teachers entering attendance information by mobile phone and ends when the database is automatically updated with information returned by a caregiver contacted by automated voice or text message. The system utilises web services with mobile technology and the latest development tools.