The register
One card: identity, attendance, sign-in
Students and employees tap their card at the gate and attendance writes itself. The same card carries a QR code that signs a phone-less student into their own account.
One card that carries the school day
A school ID card usually proves one thing: that the student belongs to the school. Temari's card does three jobs with the same piece of plastic. It identifies the student, it records attendance the moment it touches the reader at the gate, and its QR code signs a student who has no phone of their own into their Temari account.
The card is printed with the school's own name and colors, tied to the same student record everything else uses. Staff carry the same kind of card, so employee attendance flows into HR from the same gate readers, with no separate fingerprint machine and no second register.
The economics are deliberate: the card is a one-time purchase that lasts the student's whole school life, and every branch gets its first gate reader free. A school can start with one gate and grow from there.
capabilities
Automatic gate attendance
A reader at the gate records each tap the moment it happens, which clears both the queue at the office and the morning roll-call paperwork.
Staff and students, same system
Employee cards work on the same readers, so staff attendance flows into HR without a separate machine or register.
Guardians told the same morning
A student who has not tapped in triggers the same-day SMS alert to the family, in their language.
A teacher's mark always wins
The reader helps; it does not decide. A homeroom teacher's manual mark overrides it every time.
From order to first tap
- 1
The school orders cards
Cards are printed from the student records already in Temari (photo, name and ID), so there is no separate form to fill.
- 2
A reader goes on the gate
The first reader per branch is included. It runs on mobile data with a battery backup, built for Ethiopian power and network reality.
- 3
Students tap in and out
Each tap writes the attendance record instantly. A student who has not tapped in by the cut-off triggers the same-day SMS to the family.
- 4
Lost cards stop working immediately
One click deactivates a lost card; the replacement carries the same identity and history. The old card becomes plastic.
The hardware, honestly described
The reader is a purpose-built gate device designed around Ethiopian infrastructure: it runs on mobile data with a battery backup, so a power cut or a dead Wi-Fi router does not open a hole in the attendance record. Taps are stored on the device when the network drops and forwarded when it returns, on the same offline-first rule as the rest of the platform.
Cards are contactless smart cards printed with the school's name, colors and the student's photo, tied to the student's permanent Temari ID. There is no per-tap fee and no consumable to keep buying: once a card is issued, it works for that student's entire time at the school.
Every branch's first reader is included at no cost, because the point of the system is the record, not hardware revenue. Schools with multiple gates or larger campuses add readers as needed; a typical single-gate primary school never needs more than the free one.
What a tap actually does
A morning tap writes an arrival record with the exact time, visible immediately to the school and to the family portal. A parent who checks their phone at 8:00 sees "at school since 07:52". An afternoon tap-out, where the school uses it, closes the day the same way.
The reader and the homeroom register are two layers of one system, and the order between them is fixed. The reader fills the register as students walk in, and the homeroom teacher has the last word on it. If a student's card fails, is forgotten, or records a wrong tap, the teacher's manual mark overrides it every time. Schools get the labor saving of automation without surrendering judgment to it.
Students who have not tapped in by the school's cut-off time trigger the same-day absence SMS to their guardian, which turns the gate from a formality into the earliest possible warning that a child who left home did not arrive.
One card across the whole platform
The same card is the student's key to the digital side of school. Its QR code carries the student's Temari ID, so a child without their own phone borrows any phone (a parent's, a sibling's, a school tablet), scans the card, enters their PIN, and is in their own account with their own homework and results. No email address, no phone number, no shared passwords.
Staff cards work identically on the same readers, feeding employee attendance into HR and payroll without a separate fingerprint machine, a second register, or double entry. One gate, one stream of records, two audiences.
Lost cards stop being a security question the moment they are reported: deactivation is instant, the replacement card carries the same identity and history, and the old card is inert plastic. Replacing the plastic never touches the record underneath it.
Also in this module
- A QR on the card signs phone-less students into their portal with just a PIN
- Lost cards are deactivated instantly and reissued without losing history
- Readers work per gate and per branch, sized to your campus
- The card ties back to the same single student record as everything else
Common questions
What does a card cost, and who pays?
A student card is 300 birr once, paid by the parent, and it lasts the student's entire time at the school. It is optional and never a condition of enrollment. Staff cards are paid by the school. A lost card is replaced for 500 birr with the same identity.
Do we need special hardware at every gate?
One reader per branch is included free. Schools with several gates or campuses can add more readers; many schools run comfortably with one.
What about students who forget their card?
Nothing breaks. The homeroom teacher's normal marking covers them, and the teacher's mark always wins over the machine anyway.
How does the card sign a student into the app?
The card carries the student's Temari ID as a QR code. A student without their own phone scans it, or types the ID, and signs in with a PIN, on any shared or family phone.
What happens when the power or network goes out at the gate?
The reader runs on mobile data with a battery backup, and taps are stored on the device through outages and forwarded when the connection returns. An outage delays the sync, never the record.
Is the card mandatory for students?
No. It is optional and never a condition of enrollment. A school runs perfectly well on teacher-marked attendance alone. The card adds automation and the same-morning gate record for families who choose it.
Do staff use the same readers?
Yes. Employee cards work on the same gate readers, and staff taps flow into the HR attendance register, overlaid with approved leave and holidays, and with no separate machine to buy or maintain.
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