Ensure presence of ST students in schools, says DGE

The Director of General Education (DGE) has issued a circular with strict directives to guarantee the continuous beingness of Scheduled Tribes (ST) students successful nationalist schools crossed the State.

This is to guarantee that ST students’ learning is not disrupted and that they get idiosyncratic attention, accelerating their acquisition progress.

As portion of this initiative, each schools are mandated to usage the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ mobile app and portal, developed by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), for accurately signaling the attendance of the ST students. These directives are based connected the decisions pursuing a State-Level coordination committee meeting, which focussed connected improving the studies of the ST students.

Progress reports

All schools indispensable utilise the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ portal (https://sampoorna.kite.kerala.gov.in:446/plus) and mobile app. This level facilitates the signaling of attendance, generates advancement reports for students and besides facilitates sending messages to parents.

Class teachers indispensable compulsorily participate the attendance details of the ST students successful the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ mobile app oregon portal, and headteachers indispensable guarantee that this is done. However, if the attendance of each students successful the schoolhouse is already being recorded successful the ‘Sampoorna Plus’, past a abstracted introduction for the ST students’ attendance is not necessary.

Schools indispensable instantly supply the full fig of days that the ST students were absent during the months of June, July, August, and September 2025. Furthermore, accusation astir the students contiguous successful schoolhouse indispensable beryllium recorded accurately each time starting from Friday.

User manual

The headteachers of the respective schools and acquisition officers acrophobic indispensable guarantee that successful each school, the ST children are attending classes regularly. KITE has issued instructions and a idiosyncratic manual regarding the usage of the ‘Sampoorna Plus’ mobile app and portal.

A abstracted dashboard to show this volition besides beryllium provided successful the portal, according to K. Anvar Sadath, CEO of KITE.