# Employee attendance

> Academium SMS Help › Attendance
> For: School Owner, School Admin
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-staff-attendance
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

Take the staff register from **Attendance → Employee**.

1. Choose a **role**, or all roles, and the **date**.
2. Mark each member of staff **Present**, **Absent**, **Late** or **Half day**.
3. Save.

## Good to know

- Staff attendance is not tied to a term, so it can be taken on any working day.
- It is not shown on student report cards.
- Student, staff and exam registers each have their own permissions, so a teacher can take the student register without seeing staff attendance.
- Staff attendance reports are under **Reports → Attendance**. See [Attendance reports](https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-attendance-reports.md).

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