Smart Card Technology is fast becoming a popular solution in addressing many of the issues confronting modern schools in Ireland. Integral to their duty of care, School Management Boards have the onerous task of keeping both pupils and staff safe and secure whilst on campus and to do so must control and restrict visitor access to the school site.
Using contactless smart card technology, Debitrak can help!
The same technology which is used in our cashless school meals system can also be applied in other areas with within the school including:
· Access Control Systems
· Monitoring pupil attendance with a simple tap & go facility
· Smart card operated school locker system for both pupils and/or staff
Access Control Systems
A particularly difficult issue for schools is monitoring who is in and who is out at any given time. Controlling visitor access to your site is of paramount importance from both a child protection point of view as well as from the health and safety perspective. By issuing your staff, visitors and pupils with smartcards, attendance on site can easily be monitored.
Monitoring Pupil Attendance
Cut down the time taken to call rolls at each class by allowing pupils to self-register for each session using a simple tap and go smartcard. Debitrak smart cards can be integrated with a range of time and attendance products currently in use in Irish schools.
School Locker System
Offer your staff and pupils safe storage for their property on site. A recent innovation allows Debitrak to facilitate the use of smart lockers where the same technology used in cashless school meals systems can be applied to this exciting prospect.
In summary, Debitrak is a technology based application that can be expanded into other areas of management and control beyond cashless catering. Contact us if you would like to talk through the options for your school. info@debitrak.com
Be A Smart School – Install Debitrak
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Debitrak is a Smart Card operated cashless school meals management system that can help your school deliver school meals faster, can dramatically reduce or even eliminate cash handling on campus and discreetly manage pupil meal plans, bursaries and free meals.
Many schools throughout Ireland are keen to streamline their school meal systems whilst saving costs and improving efficiency. We have the answer.
Debitrak has already been successfully installed in 25 schools throughout Ireland and there are 5 key reasons why your school should install the Debitrak system too:
1) Secure and simple to use
2) Significantly reduces the administration burden for staff
3) Shortens dinner queues creating happy customers
4) Discreetly handles free school meal entitlements
5) Increases school meal uptake
Secure & Simple
The Debitrak system is very easy for parents to manage as each pupil will have a smart card with unique logon details where parents can top up their account and review the child’s food consumption. The system is fully accountable as parents can log in and see the payment history in addition to viewing the items that have been purchased by their children. Debitrak uses the same RFID contactless smart card technology favoured by the banking industry and credit card providers delivering a one tap payment at the till.
Significantly Reduce the Administration Burden for Staff
It has never been more expensive to handle and deposit cash. In addition, there is the risk of theft &mis-counting and the time taken to bag & deposit both notes and coins. Debitrak can solve these problems straight away.
Shorter Dinner Queues
Debitrak uses tap and go technology which makes the school meals process up to 6 times faster than handling cash at a till. Shorter queues mean that more pupils can enjoy a school lunch during the allotted time and the canteen can process more people in a shorter amount of time. The contactless payment system results in fewer hygiene issues as staff and pupils will not be handling cash and food simultaneously.
Discreetly Handle Free School Meal Entitlements
Many children can become stigmatised if it becomes apparent that they are receiving free school meals and one of the biggest benefits of Debitrak is that the system can manage any kind of meal plans, bursaries and free meals that apply to students. The discreet system ensures that all students are being treated equally without prejudice and allows users to avail of discounts that may be applied to their account.
Increase School Meal Uptake
As processing time is reduced, the school canteens can process more pupils and serve more dinners. Additionally, due to the online top up facility, all funds added by parents will be spent on school meals without any risk of that money going to other sources before, after or during school hours.
