# Student attendance

Use student attendance in the school workspace. Complete a daily class register and review attendance history, shortages and family alerts.

Category: Academics
Guide: https://avkul.in/docs/guides/screen-school-attendance/
Guided sample demo: https://avkul.in/docs/demo/screen-school-attendance/
Snapshot: 11 October 2026

## Features

- Mark all present
- Students of a section + their status for a date
- Mark/replace attendance for a section + date
- Tell absent students' guardians, once per student per day
- Students below the required attendance percentage
- Warn guardians of students below the required percentage
- What has already been sent to families

## Access and setup

Intended access: Assigned account with the required permissions
- A school account with the permissions shown below.
- Choose the relevant school, academic session or child before working.

Permission keys: attendance:view, attendance:create, attendance:manage

## Workflow

1. Choose a permitted section and date.
2. Mark the roster and review the section completion summary.
3. Save the register and inspect corrections/history.
4. Review shortages and recorded alerts before reminding families.

## Fields and controls

- Class / section
- Attendance date
- Session
- Correction reason
- Notify absent students’ guardians in-app on save

## Current limits

- Holiday and attendance policy affect denominators. Only permitted sections are visible; recording an absence is distinct from approving leave.

## Actual application access

- https://avkul.in/en/school/attendance

## API reference

- GET /api/v1/attendance/roster — Students of a section + their status for a date; attendance:view
- POST /api/v1/attendance/mark — Mark/replace attendance for a section + date; attendance:create
- POST /api/v1/attendance/alerts/absence — Tell absent students' guardians, once per student per day; attendance:manage
- GET /api/v1/attendance/shortages — Students below the required attendance percentage; attendance:view
- POST /api/v1/attendance/alerts/shortage — Warn guardians of students below the required percentage; attendance:manage
- GET /api/v1/attendance/alerts — What has already been sent to families; attendance:view

## Demo access

No login is required for the guided sample demo. Its fictional records and actions stay in this browser tab; they do not modify ERP records or send messages/payments. An assigned account is required for the actual ERP links.

Source inventory checked on 11 October 2026. This source inventory is not a certification of every external provider or device flow.