To increasing the education standard in China, the government is using facial recognition

News24xx.com -  Currently, the education system in China was controlled by the government. So the standard of contents, the standard of facilities and infrastructure, the standard of management has been determined by the goverment and the school only manage the standard process and the graduate competency assessment standard.

Therefore, such concepts cause the schools only focus about school activities without need to think about as infrastructure and financial facilities such as in Indonesia.

And, according to government run website Hangzhou.com China has been going big with civilian surveillance recently, primarily using facial recognition in everything from traffic cameras, to smart glasses for police officers, and more. 

Now, the school has taken to facial recognition to keep students attentive in class. Three cameras have supposedly been installed above a blackboard at Hangzhou Number 11 High School in eastern China. 

The facial recognition system captures seven expressions, neutral, happy, sad, disappointed, angry, scared and surprised. Then, it will determine whether each child is paying attention to the lesson, and feeds the data back to the teacher if they’re not.

So far the system has been installed in just one classroom, but it’s expected to be used by the entire school within a few months. Obviously, the system has met with criticism from some groups and also from the students.

A student told as quoted from Hangzhou.com said, “Previously when I had classes that I didn't like very much, I would be lazy and maybe take a nap on the desk or flick through other textbooks. But I don't dare be distracted since the cameras were installed in the classrooms. It's like a pair of mystery eyes are constantly watching me.”

Although the school principal said it’ll improve the standard of education being provided, but some have said it can infringe the privacy of students.

"It only records students' movements, rather than filming activities in class.”  the school principal said.

It’s probably only a matter of time before that system is used to segregate students into attentive and distracted classes, with those unable to keep up likely being saddled with extra study hours and the like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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