Major Misconceptions about Student Tracking

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Major Misconceptions about Student Tracking
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• Taking care of students, ensuring their safety
  is a really complex task.
• Imagine the situations when a bus is delayed due
  to traffic or if the student got down at the bus
  stop.
• Panic stricken parents would certainly start a
  ruckus and the school will be held responsible.
• To avoid such situations, many schools around
  the world have opted for GPS trackers to locate
  the school buses.

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• But there are many schools still left, who are
  still hesitant about installing GPS trackers in
  their school bus fleet.
• The main reason behind it is the myths regarding
  student tracking that have mounted in their
  minds.
• Here are 5 such common misunderstandings about
  student tracking

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Here are 5 such common misunderstandings about
student tracking

1. Myth 1 GPS tracking can be a threat to student
   safety
2. Myth 2 Cards used for student tracking are of
   limited use
3. Myth 3 Student tracking invades privacy
4. Myth 4 Student tracking is too complicated
5. Myth 5 Student tracking systems are expensive

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Myth 1 GPS tracking can be a threat to student
safety

• Reality 
• The students personal information is never given
  out and they cannot be accessed easily.
• For tracking the students, RFID tags are used,
  which the students swap in the card reader in the
  bus once they board the school bus to mark
  attendance.
• The RFID microchip stores nothing but a student
  identification number as data.
• There is no way that anyone can access private
  information using the student identification
  number.

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Myth 2 Cards used for student tracking are of
limited use

• Reality 
• Smartcards that students use in school are not
  only meant for student tracking but for other
  purposes as well. 
• Students need not carry bundles of cards to serve
  various purposes at school since smart cards can
  also serve as library cards, purchase of food and
  beverages or stationary items in school.
• Also, smart cards contain all student details
  which may come handy while paying school fees.

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Myth 3 Student tracking invades privacy

• Reality 
• The GPS student tracking system does not follow
  students everywhere they go.
• It is just a means for the parents and schools
  to ensure that a student has reached home or
  school safely. 
• Students just swipe their RFID attached tags on
  the card reader in the school bus once they board
  it and the notifications will be sent to the
  parents or school authorities via SMS or Android
  or iOS push notifications.
• Also, the GPS tracking system provides
  information on over speeding, unscheduled bus
  stops etc. and notifies parents and school
  authorities in case a student got down at the
  wrong bus stop, thus ensuring student safety to
  the maximum.

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Myth 4 Student tracking is too complicated

• Reality 
• There are many student tracking systems available
  in the market and majority of them are simple and
  user friendly.
• An example is the School Bus Tracker which
  notifies parents or school authorities about the
  location of the school bus right from the time
  the school bus is about to arrive at the bus stop
  to pick the students.

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Myth 5 Student tracking systems are expensive

• Reality 
• Student tracking systems are available at various
  rates in the market.
• But, most of them are available at an affordable
  rate.
• But, using a student tracking system can save you
  much more money than what you can even imagine.
• The School Bus Tracker allows the school
  authorities to generate reports on fuel usage,
  distance travelled, performance of drivers etc. 
  which are of great use to cut unwanted fuel and
  labour  costs and to improve labour productivity.

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• You may be confused and may be still thinking
  whether you should go for the student tracking
  system.
• But, remember that students in our country are
  victims of various atrocities such as kidnapping,
  molestation etc.
• As a school authority, it is your responsibility
  to ensure the safety of the students of your
  school.
• They deserve to be safe and there is no harm if
  you spend a little in providing them the security
  for they are the future of our country.

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Resources-
http//www.trackschoolbus.com/blog/5-major-misconc
eptions-student-tracking/
http//www.trackschoolbus.com/blog/12-surprising-f
acts-never-knew-gps/
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