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Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, on Monday, while addressing the 44th convocation of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University at Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium, stressed that a minimum 75 per cent attendance be made compulsory in both schools and colleges. However, the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, back in 2017, had made 75 per cent attendance mandatory for students appearing in class 10 and 12 examinations. All those students whose attendance is below 75 per cent were debarred from sitting in the board exams.
The buzz around the 75 per cent attendance came alive after Patel’s convocation address. Other than the attendance, she stressed the importance of research, saying that identifying problems prevalent in society, studying them, and taking the solutions forward is the need of the hour.
The government gives research grants, which should be used in projects that cater to societal welfare. After completion of the research work, it should be sent to officials concerned, so that effective action can be taken on it, Patel said.
Patel, who is also the Chancellor of all the state universities, said that activities of the university should be accelerated under the agreement it signed with foreign universities.
Expressing happiness over the enrolment of foreign students, she said that they should be treated with cooperation and affection, and said, “This is our culture.”
She encouraged the students to go to universities of neighbouring countries and learn from their education system and implement good experiences in their university. NAAC, NIRF and world ranking play an important role in the enrolment of foreign students, so universities should constantly focus on improving their quality, she said.
The governor awarded medals to 161 students and handed out PhD degrees to 301 researchers, the Raj Bhavan said in a statement. During the programme, chief guest Padma Shri Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Institute Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur, was awarded the honorary DSc degree, the statement added
