https://adrjournalshouse.com/index.php/engineering-design-analysis/issue/feed 2025-10-03T07:45:42+00:00 Advanced Research Publications info@adrpublications.in Open Journal Systems International Journal of Engineering Design & Analysis https://adrjournalshouse.com/index.php/engineering-design-analysis/article/view/2388 2025-10-03T07:11:47+00:00 Spandan Parikh spandyparikh@gmail.com Harikrishna Parikh spandyparikh@gmail.com

<p><strong>Managing student attendance efficiently and reliably is a long-standing challenge in educational institutions, especially in the face of widespread proxy attendance practices. This study presents the design and development of a low-cost, IoT-enabled, RFID-based attendance system aimed at eliminating proxy attendance and improving academic accountability. Utilising ESP32 microcontroller-based embedded systems interfaced with MFRC522 RFID modules to collect attendance. The same is stored in a database hosted on a web server using a MySQL-PHP backend. The system records attendance in real-time and displays it on a web-based dashboard accessible to authorised users (faculty and administrators). Although formal field testing has not been conducted, the system was successfully demonstrated in a simulated environment using mock data (student, faculty and administrator). The system shows potential for reliability, cost-effectiveness, and scalability for broader institutional adoption.</strong></p>

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