On average, how many people attend classes at BITS Goa?

Some of my friends are students of BITS Goa and they were able to elaborate on the attendance scenario at the institute. It’s true that the attendance requirement at BITS is 0%. Now the average number attending classes depends on so many factors that it would be nearly impossible for any ordinary person to note down the statistics keeping in mind each and every factor.

First, let me tell you the factors that drive the students to attend or miss classes.

• Marks: Although, it is advertised that there is 0% attendance required for a course, it nowhere states that a teacher can’t keep attendance as an evaluation component though. Some courses keep 5–10% of total marks as tutorial attendance (lecture attendance is usually never considered). And you would find probably 95–100% attendance in a tutorial when there is an announced quiz.
• The Faculty: MY friends say that they have witnesses ninety or so students and more trying to catch a tutorial of a popular physics teacher in a crowded classroom that has a maximum capacity of 60–70 as well as 12 or 13 students attending a lecture of another faculty member in a lecture hall with the capacity of about 600. The real reason for that is the faculty teaching.
• The Course: Any student would prefer attending a more weighted course (say with 4 credits) than to a less weighted course (say 1 credit). Because a good grade in a heavier course affects your CGPA more than a good grade in a lighter course.
• Time of the Semester: You would usually find the highest attendance during the starting of the semester and probably at least about 10% just before the exams. Just after exams also you get fairly good attendance, probably 60 % or more.
• Time of Classes: Students generally miss classes scheduled at odd hours.

Having said all this, it is not really wise to depend on others to decide what should be done and whatnot. Instead of that, you must be the one to decide what is right for you and what not. You might attend all classes of course X and end up with a B or B- and attend 30–40% classes of course B and end up with A or A-. It’s all relative.

I’d say, don’t attend or miss a class blindly following the masses. Attend yourself, judge yourself and then decide for yourself.