Education — safety & operations · 2025 · Product
MySentinel — NFC movement tracking for schools
Learners tap an NFC badge as they move through school; staff see it live and parents get WhatsApp notifications.
The problem
Schools track learner movement — gate arrivals, sickroom visits, early departures, aftercare — on paper registers. Parents find out about an early sign-out hours later, and a paper trail is exactly as reliable as the person holding the pen.
The approach
Each learner carries an NFC badge; tap points at the gate and key rooms record movement in real time. Around ten Cloudflare Workers handle badge events, the staff dashboard, and outbound notifications, with WhatsApp messages to parents on the events that matter. Built for a real school first, then productised.
The outcome
Live at app.mysentinelza.com and in daily use. A learner leaving early triggers a parent's phone before the car leaves the parking lot.
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