Class Attendance: Attitude Towards it Among the Students of Higher Learning in West Bengal
| Author | Amal Krishna Saha |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019556120160409 |
| Date | 01 October 2016 |
| Published date | 01 October 2016 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
CLASS ATTENDANCE: ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT
AMONG THE STUDENTS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN
WEST BENGAL
AMAL KRISHNA SAHA
The present article examines the attitude
of
students towards
class attendance in the institutes
of
higher learning. Factor
analysis suggests that lack
of
strictness regarding attendance in
classes
and
allowing students with
poor
attendance
to
appear in
examinations by the colleges and universities encourage other
students not to attend the classes. Fall
of
quality
of
education in
the country, especially
in
the state, lack
ofjob
opportunities
and
continuous six hours
of
lectures in a day de-motivate students
to attend the classes. The student community also believes that
one cannot get a government
job
without proper education,
skills
and
abilities, even
if
he/she has political links.
ANO
VA
analysis suggests that there is a difference
of
opinion between
boys and girls regarding the six hour lectures with
just
one
hour lunchbreak.
INTRODUCTION
GLOBALISATION WITH its accompanying socio-economic, demographic
and technological changes has brought a significant impact
on
Indian's
workforce and its post-secondary institutions. To compete successfully in
the global economy, India needs an even more highly educated and skilled
workforce in today's knowledge-based economy. Economic opportunity
in
the country is increasingly based on post-secondary education. Better
educated people have a greater chance
of
obtaining secured jobs which
provide opportunities for advancement, higher wages, greater health and
retirement benefits than those who are less educated. Young generation may
achieve all these facilities through education. But the quality
of
education
throughout the country has fallen down in primary, secondary and tertiary
levels dramatically. A report, published in The Times
of
India reveals that
20
per
cent
of
all elementary school teachers in the country do not possess
the required qualifications to teach the young children. In West Bengal too,
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