Sources revealed the schools’ request for teachers to extract attendance records from the CSC website and compare them with the manual attendance data in the schools’ internal system aims to ensure that the attendance and short leave data are recorded correctly and to avoid making mistakes that could lead to salary deductions.

Sources pointed out that the attendance devices installed in many schools experience technical faults; so some teachers’ fingerprints are not recorded when they enter or leave the workplace or ask for time off. In some cases, a malfunction occurs in registering early departure from the workplace, which leaves a negative impact on their job files, as they are considered absent without justification, sources clarified. Sources affirmed the step taken by the school administrations aims to first verify the teachers’ attendance, and then submit any objections or complaints if there are contradictions or errors in the records.