Bob Geldof's Groupcall wins Scottish contract

SAINT BOB - ex-Boomtown Rats singer, Bob Geldof - has scored a major victory in Scotland. His truancy text messaging system - Groupcall Messenger - will be installed in all of Falkirk's 65 schools and nurseries.

Messenger is capable of automatically sending out text, voice or email messages to the parents of pupils who are suspected of truancy.

The messages provide parents with instructions of how to respond if their child is reported as missing.

Geldof sees the system as a way of preventing children going off the rails because they don't get a decent education thanks to skiving off skool.

Groupcall - which Geldof co-founded and in which he is believed to have a major financial interest - already has numerous customers amongst education establishments.

However, Falkirk is the first education authority in the UK to commit to the long-term installation of the Groupcall system. µ

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