College sources argued that a few students from well-to-do families get as much as Rs500 as pocket money every day.
How do you get students to improve their attendance record?
Pinch their pockets, say authorities at the Rizvi Law College.
Their reasoning: if they don’t have enough money, they won’t ‘bunk’ classes to go for a movie or head to a fast food restaurant.
So, college principal Daisy Alexandra has hit upon the idea of asking parents to cut students’ pocket money.
“Parents have been asked to reduce pocket money so that students, who usually bunk a class don’t have any option but to attend the lectures,” a student told DNA.
College sources argued that a few students from well-to-do families get as much as Rs500 as pocket money every day, which is spent at malls and multiplexes, and on movies and drinks. They added that such students even encourage others to cut class to join them.
Prof Alexandra confirmed the advisory issued to parents. She said, “With large pocket money, most rich students spend their time outside the college. This affects their attendance and performance. That’s why I have requested parents not to shower them with too much money to spoil them.”
She blamed indulging parents for their children’s poor academic records. “There are a few parents who know how to restrict their son/daughter, but others think that their responsibilities end with gifting their ward a car and money to splurge. They never bother to check what they do with this money.”
Claiming that 30% of students drive to college, she insisted that such a luxury tempts freshmen to succumb to peer pressure to party hard.
Alexandra is organising personal meetings with parents to sound them about their children’s attendance.
Several other colleges face a similar attendance problem.
Dr Manju Nichani, principal of KC College, said, “We also deal with students who often bunk class or don’t submit their assignments despite repeated reminders over phone.
Students, nowadays, are indifferent. They have a number of distractions such as fancy phones, cars, social networking websites and money, of course. Calling parents and tell them of ward’s behaviour is a good idea.”
Dr Rashmi Ojha, HOD of Law, University of Mumbai, admitted the course there too saw poor attendance. But college authorities are not keen on any stringent action.
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