It’s been going on for years. Check out Slashdot:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/01/1333216/thumbprints-used-to-check-books-out-of-school-library (2010)
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/12/15/2015213/uk-students-protest-biometric-scanner-move (2012)
Not the same, but related:
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/07/05/25/191253/using-rfid-and-wi-fi-to-track-students (2007)
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/11/20/2122250/students-tracked-in-uk-college-via-rfid-for-1-3-years (2013)
