Sending attendance data to folks could curb the sense of freedom, which is a part of total growth: IIT-Bombay College students’ Journal

MUMBAI: The coverage of sending biweekly attendance data of first-year college students to their dad and mom, applied solely final yr on the premier IIT-Bombay, could curb the sense of freedom they count on in faculty, which can be a part of their total growth, talked about one of many many observations made by the institute’s college students’ journal, Perception, of their newest article. Dad and mom could not have ample context in regards to the educational tradition in an establishment like IIT and may evaluate it to highschool or teaching routine, they are saying. Due to this fact, ‘a pupil could really feel pointless strain and restricted freedom…’ the article famous.
The coverage was launched based mostly on one of many many suggestions of the Tutorial Stress Mitigation Committee (ASMC) final yr. The committee was set as much as advocate measures that may assist scale back stress amongst college students, particularly these within the first yr. The committee had famous that attending lessons helped in establishing routine and instilling self-discipline and that lacking lessons could also be an early signal {that a} pupil is struggling to combine into the IIT system.
Whereas the article agrees with the institute’s perspective, it additionally added that college students could choose different strategies of learning, together with on-line platforms such because the institute’s personal platform, YouTube, or books, which can present them with higher understanding and adaptability in studying. It talked about that ‘recording and sending the attendance could urge college students to attend lessons, which can restrict their freedom to decide on their most well-liked studying strategies’.
Whereas Director Shireesh Kedare didn’t touch upon the attendance coverage, he stated that the principle problem, the institute believes, is the best way to make the teaching-learning course of extra thrilling. “We wish to usher in reforms that would assist college students to get enthusiastic about studying. We’re engaged on potential options and we’re taking inputs from our college students, college, and even our alumni. We’ve got been engaged on this for the final 5 months,” stated Kedare, including that the attendance difficulty might be simply one of many signs of this root drawback.