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BITS Pilani’s ‘Zero Attendance Policy’ Has a Lesson for All Indian Universities
- BITS Pilani has been successfully running its Zero Attendance Policy since 1946.
- Under this policy, students are not required to attend classes but are evaluated entirely on the basis of exams and assessments.
- This policy is used to motivate students to pursue entrepreneurial paths and build start-ups for the country.
- Leading universities like IITs and DIT University have also incorporated the initiative of temporarily withdrawing programs.
- Unicorns like Swiggy, redBus, and Groww were born out of BITS Pilani.
- Though this policy exists since five decades at BITS, this has sparked a debate on social media platforms whether such an approach would work for other institutes.
- For the Zero Attendance Policy to be successful, the institution has to ensure that students are always prepared for the courses throughout the semester and that attendance isn't a criterion for appearing for exams.
- The policy also ensures that faculty have to be innovative and attract students to attend their classes and lectures regularly.
- Manoj BS, Professor at IIST, said that the policy can be effective only if appropriate assessment is done and mandating a certain percentage of attendance is essential.
- The freedom of not attending classes may not work well in most institutions, but for BITSian, it has demonstrably worked where students are exposed to many opportunities through this policy.
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