Is compulsory attendance really needed in college?

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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Yes, it is important in student life. With out attendance, the students cannot come to the college properly And they cannot learn. When the students come to the college they learn something about the subjects or current affairs.

I read that students are interested the lecturer class then they were sitting in a class room otherwise they went outside.

It is not like a movie if you interest sits in hall otherwise go outside.

This classroom is students future.

After completion of the study, we cannot sit in the classroom.

So from my point view attendance is very important it decides the attitude & the character of the student.

Hi.

Compulsory attendance is definitely needed because of this an awarenesses is created through the hearts of students the actual thing is it's about an interest of the student in a particular subject which makes them to attend the class and also in another hand they will get attendance this all about student interest makes them to attend thank you.

No, I don't think that attendance should be compulsory in a college because students are mature enough to understand what is good for them and what is not. If they are not interested in the subject then we can't force them as they will just come into the class but will not study. At the same time, they are wasting their time which can be had been utilized somewhere else. Also, it is the responsibility of the teachers to make class interesting so that students come to class themselves without any compulsion.

@Shimail Qureshi.

I understood what you need to say but there is an option provided to students interested in sports and no compulsory attendance are made for them write a letter for same to your respective prof. Principal and let them know your intentions and on exams, their presence is required.

Hi,

I think attendance should be compulsory because by attending the class daily student aware about the subject, the content of the subject. Student who do not attend the class daily even don't know what are the names of subjects in this semester. As a student, I experienced sometimes what happens, in the morning of our sessional day my classmates call me and ask " hi listen, tell me one thing which subject test is today?". Now we can estimate that what they will write in test paper. So I think attendance must be compulsory. By this the student who was not interested in studies at least they come to class and about the subject and the money spent by their parents on their study it will little worth.

I suppose compulsory attendance is not needed.

In my point of view, the attendance is not compulsory in colleges because everyone have their own talent which means someone talent in playing, talking, singing so they should have to spend more time for their interested area not lazy, if the attendance is a compulsory one then they are not able to spend time for his/her interested areas, but most of the students are think very proud to bunk classrooms.

Hello everyone,

In my view, there is no need to have a compulsion about attaining the lectures. If it is about 70 to 60% that's okay. If you have the basic knowledge about subjects that fine. In college life, we must build our EQ by participating in extracurricular activities. As it helps to develop our personality Or along with these students can start his startups up to a small level.

In my point of view, attendance in college should not be compulsory because if you want to follow your passion or not interested in your branch or want to do some other activity then this attendance issue will prevent you in many situation and also if you are eager gain knowledge then there is no need to make attendance.

Hi everyone,

I'm glad to share my views on the current topic.

Attendance of students is not mandatory. If made so, students can't devote much time to identifying their interests and potentials and may not be able to enhance their skill sets that might be essential for their future. We live in an advanced technology era where students can learn from different sources that can't even be provided by their college and lecturers.

Moreover, students feel pressurized and lack interest in attending classes if they find lectures are not so gd.
So attendance shouldn't be made compulsory!
Thanks once again.

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