PRAYAGRAJ, July 19 -- Teachers are up in arms against the recent initiative of the UP Board wherein it has introduced mandatory online attendance of teachers and students in its over 28,000 affiliated secondary schools from this academic session.

Though UP Board officials seem determined to continue with the system in interest of ensuring transparent accountability, a delegation from the Thakurai faction of the UP Secondary Teachers' Association has submitted a memorandum to UP Board secretary Bhagwati Singh demanding the withdrawal of the directive mandating online attendance in UP Board schools.

The teachers argue that a majority of secondary schools in the state are located in rural and remote areas, where uninterrupted power supply ...