University sets up six-member team to look into attendance

Updated on: Saturday, May 14, 2011

Students will finally get some clarity on the issue of attendance. A six-member committee has been appointed to look into the attendance of over 6 lakh students across 652 colleges affiliated to the varsity.

As per rule, students need to have 75% attendance to appear for final exams. However, some colleges allow those with 10% to take exams, others refuse hall tickets to even those with 74% attendance. Colleges have to submit a monthly list of defaulters to the university. However, this is not done, and in the end the list piles up and colleges have no option but to deny students hall tickets. The committee will set the system in place.

Recently Chinai College had withheld hall tickets of over 300 students for low attendance. Even final year students, who had university exams, were not allowed to take their exam. It was only after protests that a special provision was made them.

Rajpal Hande, director of the Board of College and University Development, said, “The committee will monitor attendance. Though the 75% rule is compulsory, some changes might take place depending on discussions of the committee.”

Harish Shah, a TYBCom student, said, “Last year, I took sick leave and still had 74% attendance. Yet, I was in the defaulters list, despite submitting a doctor’s certificate. This committee will help us.”

University sets up six-member team to look into attendance

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