Smart cards for over 70 lakh government

The School Education Department in Chennai will soon distribute smart cards, with either QR or Bar Code technology, to all students of government and aided schools, according to an order issued by Pradeep Yadav, principal secretary to the department. The smart card will eliminate the need for further identification cards and will be used to store the code along with nine other vital information points such as name, student ID, date of birth, blood group, photograph and address, among others. “The QR or Bar Code will store all information about the student and it can be obtained from the common database,” the order said.