In a bid to increase efficiency and ease monitoring of campus activities, Sriwijaya University in Palembang, South Sumatra, will apply a barcode system starting next academic year.
This will be the first time such a system is applied to a university in South Sumatra.
Dean of academic affairs Zulkifli Dahlan said that the new system will be used to record attendance, library services, tuition payments, student registrations and course loads, as well as test numbers.
The university is currently preparing a barcoded ID card for students, lecturers, and administrative staffers and installing scanners around the campus.
"The system will help us to get accurate data in no time," Zulkifli said recently. "Students will no longer cheat on attendance and they will be more disciplined."
He said that the system will reduce manual work in recording, collecting and identifying data.
