The UK government is bringing up smart card facilities to induce and increase education across the country. This facility is also going to be an incentive for the rural families to send their daughters to school. These cards will help to keep accurate attendance and will be providing conditional payments to the families of the girls. The main motive behind such initiative is to increase girls' education, specifically in the Sub-Saharan countries as this would decrease child deaths, child marriages and induce faster economic growth. Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36734525