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Students of Bachelor's level (31%) were rarely irregular than the Master
level (20.9%). The high percentage of never irregular students was Master's
level (4.65%) than the Bachelor's level (3.87%).
On the basis of faculty, the percentage of always irregular students
is higher in Faculty of Humanities and Social Science where 26.08 percent
students were always irregular. Similarly, sometimes irregular students’
percentage is higher in humanities rather than other faculties'. Most
of the students (71.42%) of engineering faculty were rarely irregular in
comparison to other faculties. At last, the higher percentage students of
engineering (28.57%) were never irregular in the class.
The finding from Table 2 shows that there is difference in the
frequency of irregular attendance between the students according to their
sex, age, cast level and faculty. The study examined that overall situation
of the University students' attendance situation is low. The attendance
situation of the girls was a little higher than that of boys. There was not
much difference between attendance situations of students of different caste
butcher was a little less than that of students of other castes. The attendance
situation of students at Masters Level was low than the Bachelor's level
student. Students of engineering faculty were rarely irregular in comparison
to other faculties. In semester system, almost regular attendance is necessary.
The students who are not regular attended they are not allowed in the
examination. There must be 80% attendance of the students in the classes.
Instead of this, the students are attended irregularly in all faculties. So,
irregular attendance of the students is one of the challenging and emerging
problems in whole faculties of the University.
The magnitude of irregular attendance at classes does not only
affect the students' academic aspect but also impacts on teachers’ ability
to articulate the curriculum requirements, to plan and present instructional
activities in an organized and meaningful way.
Reasons to irregular attendance of the students
It is found that there are several factors leads to irregular attendance
of students in their classes of Mid-Western University. The reasons behind
student's irregular attendance are mainly categorized into four major
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clusters. The analysis of these reasons using all the various sources of
information collected during the study is presented in the Figure 1.
Figure 1 shows the causes of irregular attendance of students. Study
participants were asked to identify what were the reasons for the student's
irregular attendance of their class. Majority (58.18%) of respondents
pointed out the university/ faculty/campus related factors as main reasons.
Likewise, about half (49.09%) percent students responded that students
themselves related factors are the reasons of student's irregular attendance.
Similarly, Figure 1 showed that 32.12 percent indicated they missed class
due to home and few (11.51%) responded community related factors
irregularity. This data from Figure 1 also reveals that the university related
reasons to students’ irregular attendance is multi-factorials. Majority said
the reasons of students missing class due to university related factors and
near about half (49.09%) were due to students themselves related factors.
CONCLUSION
The study concluded that there is difference in the situation of
irregular attendance of the students according to their age, caste, faculty,
level and sex. The attendance situation of the girls was a little higher than
that of the boys. There was not much difference between attendances of
students of different castes. Master's level students' irregularity is higher
than the Bachelor's level students. Girls from 20 to 25 years were always
irregular than other age groups. Students of Engineering faculty were rarely
irregular in comparison to other faculties. Behind the students’ irregularity,
there is not only one reason but many and multi-factorials. Engestrom’s
Activity theory also highlights that University, lecturers, home, peer,
community, rule, tools etc are stakeholders to act of regular attendance. The
study revealed that the university students, parents and community related
factors are the four most significant reasons of irregular attendance among
the university students. The study concluded that there is a significance
relationship between class attendance of students and their academic
performance. So, these four key reasons need to work in an integrated way in
solving the problems of irregular attendance of students in the universities.
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