Is compulsory attendance really needed in college?

Attendance in college should be compulsory but upto a moderate level that do not cause harm to creative student and studious student. Because compulsory attendance help in to be punctual and discipline. Focus is the main reason and source of success. So maintain focus on study, compulsory attendance is required but there should be room for other voluntary activities that student want to pursue to develop their acedamic and personal skills.

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According to me. Compulsory attendance is needed and viable for schools only. Compulsory attendance in college doesn't make any sense to me. Even in my college and many other colleges compulsory attendance was there. But less was strictly it was being followed. And in other colleges, it was being found that some students going for private tuitions of their class teachers were awarded attendance which was undue and the others not going to their tuitions had to suffer. And if their attendance is below the required attendance, they had to pay money to get their attendance increased. The students fro rich families can do so. But what about the poor ones? However, in schools, they were debarred from sitting in the exams, which doesn't happen in most of the colleges. So what I think of an attendance system in colleges are that it is totally a money making a concept. Thank you.

In my opinion, a minimum amount of attendance is necessary to make the students aware of the syllabus and knowledge about the subjects. But our educational system should include such courses which will influence the students not only academically, but also creatively and morally.

The courses should be made more interactive and which will create an urge among the students to attend college regularly. The role of teachers plays a major role in shaping the overall development of students. The amount of attendance in colleges should be reduced to 50% instead of keeping it 75% and above. Out of 100%, 45-50% attendance should be made necessary to cover up the required syllabus, 25% should be given to students to make use of good opportunities in the real world so that they get used to the professional world before actually entering it. And the rest 25 % should be given to students for self-study and relaxation.

I think there is no need of compulsory attendence in college. It is because now we are studying such a things which used in industry 20 years ago and there is a college for all about 9 hours of a day. Means we are actually wasted 9 hours of a day in studying those things which are not in existence. Due to this attendence we all are not able to learn new things, new technologies and we indirectly lagging in competition. We are putting more efforts to learn all outdated technology and studies hard to be topper in class but it is really not useful. In IIT, BITS PILLANI there is no compulsion of attendence and because of this reason only they are able to crack interviews of google, microsoft company. It is because company needs candidates who know about existing and widely used technology. So to learn all this existing and widely used technology we need extra time because our syllabus doesn't contain existing and widely technology. Thus we need some more time to learn all those thing and to be expert in those. It makes easier way for us to sustain in a competition.

I don't think there is a need for compulsory attendance. It is just the case that most of the students happen to dislike the courses of their field just because of some earlier compulsion, which was from their parents or their society. Most students take up streams according to the marks which they score in their board exams, with most of the toppers opting for medical and engineering. I think there would be no longer need of compulsory attendance once every student takes up the field of his/her interest.

Moreover, compulsory attendance sometimes leads to the death of creativity, according to me. The lectures are ought to be listened to with full attention, jotting down the important points. This, in turn, promotes rote learning as students who have already spent so much time on the subject in the lecture halls prefers to mug up the things on the notes during the examinations rather than going through the text, which again, would be time-consuming.

Furthermore, studying the subject on their own would lead to increase in the number of group discussions among the students themselves because the students would seek help from their peers to clear their doubts.

If at all the student happens to waste his time when he was supposed to be learning the subject, he would ultimately perform poor in his exam. At least, he would be sure enough that the poor marks were due to his negligence and not because the teacher could not make him understand the subject.

If this no-compulsory-attendance system is to work, there need to be certain changes in the current system. First and the most important, transparency in the course structure and syllabus. Teachers or the institution should state clearly, beforehand, the syllabus to be covered for the subject. This would decrease the dependency of students on the lecture notes. Secondly, there should be a doubt clearing portal wherein the teacher is available for clearing the doubts which the students are not able to clear even after discussing among themselves. Lastly, the students and teachers need to change their mind that the subject matter can only be learned or taught through spoon feeding. All this would lead to an effective education system in a country.

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I totally agree with attendance because due to the same student will get the exact idea about subjective knowledge.

According to my point of view, Complete attendance is necessary for college. It is a good habit to attend our classes regularly. Students taking leave on prior reason are accepted. But taking leave for unnecessary reason is not permitted. This kind of activities of not attending college makes the student lazy. And the student also follows this kind of activities on the job also. Parents worked hard to pay our college fees. So students must attend the classes and read their lessons regularly. If students miss their classes they might not get any interest in studies and also it results in a lack of concentration. So parents must guide their children in a proper way. And also they must see to that children studies must not affect in anyways. Because education is most important to everyone. Thank you.

There is a need attendance in college. We are learning more knowledge in short time. We are learning more ideas and more questions are arising from college days or life days.

Hello. For me, attendants should not be made compulsory in schools or colleges cause being educated is a self-choice. Education can not be entrusted. Many students find it easier and more helpful studying at home rather than attending classes. There is a good penetration of distance education in western countries and those people also thrive in their lives. If a student attends class regularly and not doing the homework then the very purpose is not solved. Moreover, govt needs to understand why students find lectures monotonous and bunk the classes. Even many a time even students attend classes they are not properly attentive. Studies should be made interactive and more participatory rather than one-way lectures so that instead of making attendants compulsory students themselves will attend the classes for their own interest. Thank you.

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In my opinion, a certain minimum criteria for attendance is a must. Being realistic, we cannot assume that all students will make optimum use of their time if attendance isn't compulsory.
Even 50% attendance will ensure that the students remain aware of the syllabus and get a rough understanding of the subject. At the same time, the quality of education needs to be maintained specially if a minimum percentage criteria is being imposed on the students.

After all, a college is like a temple. But not the kind of temple that students should enter only during their exam season expecting a miracle.