When Westbridge International School adopted TedQu’s AR Attendance system, teachers expected a modest improvement. What they got was a fundamental transformation in how their school day began.
The Problem: Time Stolen from Teaching
Before TedQu, the morning routine at Westbridge was painfully familiar. Each teacher spent between 8 and 12 minutes taking attendance — calling names, waiting for responses, updating registers, chasing late entries. Multiplied across 34 classrooms and 6 daily periods, the school was losing over 2,000 minutes of teaching time every single day.
“We knew it was inefficient, but we didn’t realise how much time we were actually losing until we saw the numbers,” said Sarah Thompson, Head of Operations at Westbridge. “That’s the equivalent of hiring two full-time teachers just to take attendance.”
The Turning Point: TedQu AR Tags
TedQu’s AR Tag system works on a simple principle: every student has a small AR Tag on their desk or ID card. The teacher opens the TedQu app on a single tablet, sweeps it across the classroom, and the system reads every tag simultaneously. Attendance for 35 students is marked in under 30 seconds.
There’s no need for students to have any device. No logins, no apps, no disruption. The teacher sweeps, the system captures, and the lesson begins.
“Attendance used to take 10 minutes. Now it’s done before I finish writing the topic on the board. TedQu has genuinely given me back time to teach.”
— Sarah Thompson, Senior Teacher, Westbridge International
The Results After 6 Months
- 40% reduction in administrative time per teacher per day
- 2,100+ minutes of teaching time reclaimed daily across the school
- Zero attendance disputes — the AR scan creates an audit trail
- 98.7% parent notification rate — parents receive an alert the moment a child is marked absent
- 15% improvement in chronic absenteeism detection within the first term
What Changed for Parents
Beyond the classroom, TedQu changed how parents experienced their child’s school day. The moment a student is marked absent from any period, an automated WhatsApp or SMS message is sent to the registered parent contact.
“I used to find out at 6 PM that my son had skipped a class,” said Emily Carter, a parent at Westbridge. “Now I know within 5 minutes. That peace of mind is genuinely priceless.”
Rolling It Out: What Westbridge Learned
The implementation took just one day. TedQu’s onboarding team set up the system, printed the AR Tags, and ran a 45-minute staff training session. By the following morning, all 34 classrooms were live.
The key lesson from Westbridge? Start with attendance. It’s the highest-frequency, most visible pain point — and solving it quickly builds staff trust in the broader TedQu platform.
What’s Next for Westbridge
Following the success of AR Attendance, Westbridge is now rolling out TedQu’s Assessment Tools and Analytics Dashboard. The data from daily attendance patterns is being cross-referenced with academic performance — and the insights are already surfacing students who need early intervention.
The school is on track to become a fully TedQu-integrated institution by the end of the academic year.
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