# Student Attendance

Student attendance records each student's daily status for a section.

## Step-by-step guide

1. Go to **Students > Attendance**.
2. Choose class, section, date, and academic year where prompted.
3. Load the attendance list.
4. Mark each student status such as present, absent, late, half-day, holiday, or leave as available in the screen.
5. Save the attendance update.
6. Open student attendance history from the student profile when needed.

## What SmartAcademy does in the background

The backend returns enrolled students for the selected class and section, creates or updates attendance records in bulk, checks approved leave for dates where applicable, and records the attendance update.

## Tips

- Mark attendance after student leaves are reviewed for best accuracy.
- Use the correct date before saving; attendance is date-based.

## Related pages

- [Student leaves](/smartacademy-v2-platform/students/student-leaves)
- [Holidays](/smartacademy-v2-platform/setup/holidays)