SMS reduces Truancy Levels

MessageNet announces it's SMS Parent Notification System to help combat truancy.

(PRWEB) July 29, 2004 -- Non-attendance levels reduced by 20% by utilizing SMS Technology. Providing information to assist parents, students and schools tackle the student absentee rate.

Absenteeism is on the rise in Victorian Schools, on average, students are missing 14.3 days per year up from 12.9 days in 1999.

MessageNet PNS provides a simply method for schools to notify parents that their child is absent, giving the parent the knowledge and option to address the situation immediately.

Our SMS Parent Notification System allows each school to easily notify parents of absent students immediately with minimal cost and time.

An SMS Solution is more effective than calling the parent, and is less intrusive on the parent. Using our Patented Reply Technology, Parents can easily inform the school of the reason for the childs absence by simply replying to the SMS Message.

Our SMS PNS allows schools to send an SMS message to the parents of the children who are absent that day via the web. The mobile numbers of the Parents who have subscribed can easily be stored on the website and any reply from the parents can be directed back to this site or to a central email address.

www.messagenet.com.au

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