From kindergarten to college biometric technologies are gradually becoming an integral part of the educational system. Their purpose and usage are manifold:

• provide the basis for the identity management system
• monitor class attendance, fight truancy
• replace or complement ID, library cards
• cashless canteen systems, replacing meal cards
• cashless vending machines
• home/school bus journeys
  

With keeping the students privacy protected biometrics can deliver significant improvements in security and efficiency over previous systems and technologies. With biometrics in place the loss of ID, library and meal cards is not a major security concern any longer. The use of biometrics also reduces wait times in lunch lines and at on-campus services.