India, Nov. 8 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched a new web application for its schools that will allow parents to track their children's attendance, progress reports and other school-related updates online. The app was unveiled at an event held on Friday to mark the 150th anniversary of the national song Vande Mataram, said the civic body.

For now, the app will be available on a pilot basis in 15 MCD schools and can be accessed through the civic body's official website, a municipal official said.

Delhi education minister Ashish Sood congratulated the civic body on the initiative, calling it "a new chapter in India's education system."

"Our vision is to create an education system where even our grandchildren would ...