Is compulsory attendance really needed in college?

In my point of view, attendance need not be compulsory because every student has his own interests, so he may get bored in other classes, which are not his interest. It means that if he is interested in any subject his mind forces him to learn it.

Compulsory attendance. Well, we might have all suffered due to this in our graduation days.

But the question that "Is compulsory attendance really needed for the welfare of students? ".

Well, this question can be answered in many ways.

In my personal opinion, a student must not be imposed with compulsory attendance. The reasons for this are:

1. First of all, when we see the curriculum of Indian Universities it is much outdated. The technologies of 18th-19th centuries are being taught to 21st-century students. The futuristic technologies like blockchain, Artificial intelligence, big data, etc. Haven't made to our curriculum which is very much vital for the growth of our career.

2. The second reason could be the unavailability of qualified and skilled teachers. Even today most of our colleges (except a few like IIT's NIT's) we didn't find teachers with modern teaching methodology. This makes learning much boring and unworthy.

3. A third reason could be the digitalisation of education. There are a large number of the video lecture and educational material available on the internet prepared by highly skilled and qualified professors of highly renowned universities of the globe. So the students these days prefer to learn these modern technologies by these skilled professors rather than wasting their time at the classes.

4. The last and the most important point to consider is " Do our colleges make us employable?". Most of you would agree that it doesn't. The technologies needed by modern world industries aren't taught in colleges. This makes students to search for other options like taking extra training at coachings or taking online certification courses to become competent in the market. Today the skills are more important than knowledge. And the classroom can just give us a little knowledge but not the skills to get the things done.

Hence I conclude that even if attending classes may seem ethically correct but imposing compulsory attendance just constraints the students' imagination, creativity and his right to learn what he wants.

One solution I would suggest to encourage students for maximum attendance in classes is to strengthen the education system and modifying it according to modern interests and needs of students.

Attendance should not be considered as an important factor in colleges. Coming to college and attend all the classes just to get that "present mark" on the register is none other than a forceful thing which clearly shows zero interest.

Let suppose we pass a rule that either everyone's attendance should be at least 75% or he/she will not be further eligible for exams. Listening to such a warning kind of rule, the strength of classes seems to be full out of full but what if these children aren't getting what is going in the classroom and they are engaged in their own activity.

Also, some students learn additional things side by side in which they have an interest. So it's not possible to attend college daily. Students manage college study and additional preparation together.

Hello everyone.

In my opinion attendance in collage should not be compulsory because in graduation students are not as like as school kids who is not mature enough to take good decision for their future so if students got concession in attendance then they have much time to explore to ourselves according to their interest and demand of market and it not like learning and mugging 19th century technologies in 20th century.

Hello guys, I am too a victim of 75 % attendance criteria but I would like to put my point in the favor of cumpulsary attendance as someone should be in the favor of it while GD.

So, as I experienced in my college days, compulsory attendance is much required, specifically for an engineering graduate. I can tell you with my experience, students not going to college, waste their time on youtube, watching web series, games and so on and soon they get addicted to it. I too suffered from this problem. Going to college can help to maintain our daily activities in a good way, we will come back with some learning atleast. If you are not interested in the class lectures, you can sit in the college library and study whatever you want. So, I strongly believe everyone should go to college. By waking early in the morning, and going to the gym followed by a healthy breakfast we can focus on our study and can secure a healthy four-year college.

Thanks.

Hello Guys, I am not going in this topic so large because every student have different perspective own their own. I have mentioning the fact that's it.

1) For some student it matters a lot. These are those student that who are scared to these kind of stuff that if you not come and maintain 75% attendance then we will suspend you.

2) In some good Institute it matters a lot because they are reputed Institute and also they have very good professors and Lecturer their to teach them. So a strictly Provenance is there in Institute and attendance matters a lot like in Bits Pilani and some other private Institute.

3) But When we talk about Middle level or lower level Colleges, I think that it is not compulsory that we have maintained 75% attendance (Not all College). But a self study is the best plan to focus and reach the goal that you have set.

4) Conclusion is that for a Good Institute it is compulsory to having attendance but in low or middle level colleges it should not be there any criteria of attendance in College.

Hai friends!

In my opinion attendance is mandatory Yes It's really mandatory. Especially for professional students attendance is mandatory cuz by attending the classes we can learn some thing in a day.

Advantage: one of the main advantage is you will get some knowledge about your subjects and you will get a good score in your midterm exams, internal and externals lab & semesters buy end of your graduation you will have a good percentile.

In my opinion, attendance is not compulsory but 75% attendance is compulsory. I feel regular attendance develops a strong sense of community in a classroom and encourages class participation. Attendance I not related to learning-It is not necessary that if a student is attending a class, he is gaining knowledge about everything that is taught in school.

Hi Everyone,

In my opinion, attendance plays an important role in attending classes and maintain a focus of student towards their studies whether in school or in a college. Because if continuity in classes will break then it will affect their studies. So, attendance ensures discipline in academics.

But these days in some cases we have seen some students will tell at home that they are going to college for studying, but in reality, they will indulge in unnecessary things, and gradually waste their time and money.

But if a student has a valid reason for not attending some classes then they can be given some leverage depending on professor-student mutual understanding. And there should be transparency of attendance to their family if not having good attendance.

According to me, yes, sometimes attendance is compulsory but in another sense it is not.

There are two types of people one who are lazy and don't want to do anything only to stay at home watching Netflix etc all the time for that person it must be compulsory because they will atleast go to college and sit in the classroom and for 75% attendance they attend class and learn something when they can't use mobile then they have only one thing is to sit silent and study.

But on another sense attendance should not be compulsory for those who are motivated towards their goal they know what they are doing and they have decided their path they need not to come college for study and to attend college because sometimes we came college and nothing happens in class that is mere only waste of time for those students.

And yes, attendance must so that students can come college make groups introduce themselves take part in co-cirrcular activity and enjoy college life that is most important part of life and they will connect to college and studies.

Thankyou.