Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education is launching a tender process for a fingerprint attendance and leave system for 45 education departments.The ministry says it will invite bids as soon as it completes a specification handbook.The Ministry of Education plans to divide the project into three stages: Firstly, the system will be deployed in ministry headquarters, then education offices and finally all boys and girls schools.The ministry plans complete the application of the first stage of the system within one year, the second within three months and the final stage in another six months.Muhammad Saad Al-Shathri, undersecretary at the ministry and general supervisor for financial and administrative affairs, told Arab News that a special committee has been formed and tasked with developing the project.Al-Shathri said the main obstacle is the network links between remote villages.In February, regional media reported that the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are working on a joint database project that would see biometric data shared to prevent convicted expatriate workers from re-entering any GCC state.
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