Schools warned on fingerprinting
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Schools will be urged - but not forced - to seek parents' permission before taking children's fingerprints.
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Swing to technology is a threat to GCSEs and A-levels, teachers warn
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A think tank claims state schools that control their own admissions are covertly selecting pupils by ability.
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In line with data protection laws The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) has published guidance for schools on how to implement biometrics in line with data protection laws.â¦
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Fears over exploitation of rules for dyslexic pupils as number of students given extra time increases
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As opposed to cost, complexity, unfeasibility... Plans to use fingerprint scanners to control access to the House of Commons have been abandoned "over fears that terrorists could cut off an MP's finger to get inside," claims the Mail on Sunday, citing a recent episode of Spooks and "Commons security experts."â¦
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'We don't have to ask parents' The headmaster of Porth County Comprehensive School in South Wales has defended fingerprinting all 1,400 of his pupils days after their parents were told about the scheme last Wednesday.â¦
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Visitors could face digital fingerprinting at airports under plans to beef up border security
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Intriguing, no? Letters This one just isn't going away. To recap, for those who did not fingerprint themselves into earlier lessons: The information Comissioner's Office rules that schools can fingerprint pupils without parental consent. You are all outraged.â¦
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School leavers are to be entitled to post-GCSE places, but there are fears too few know of the right.
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Parents in Glasgow are warned they will be fined if they ignore "Keep Clear" markings outside schools.
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Schools in England that unfairly profit from uniform sales could face prosecution under a new crackdown.
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Vulnerable children subjected to 'inappropriate and invasive' tests, hearing told.
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The Education Department is advising school leaders nationwide to watch for people spying on their buildings or buses to help detect any possibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege in Russia.
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The DNA fingerprints of more than 100 children aged under 10 are stored on a government database, despite them being younger than the age of criminal responsibility, figures showed Thursday.
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Security checks on foreign students in "proliferation-risk" science subjects could deter them, UK researchers warn.
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LOS ANGELES - California university officials have warned nearly 600,000 students and faculty that they might be exposed to identity theft following incidents where computer hard drives loaded with their private information were lost or hacked into.