[bgdam]

Here in India, the University I attended requires a minimum attendance of 75%, or they won't allow you to sit the end of semester exams. Your attendance even accounts for 5% of the score of your end of semester exams for that course. Quite insane when you think about it.

[aitchnyu]

And having a full day class on Saturday when a weekday was lost due to bad weather or strikes.

[yardstick]

What sort of bad weather are we talking about here? Also, is this due to the commute becoming difficult/impossible in the weather, or because the facilities/lecture theatres are leaky/poorly constructed, or something else?

[aitchnyu]

For Kerala, its heavy rains. Flooded roads with open drains and deep potholes, bad electricity poles and transformers, lines touching trees etc. Engineering and business college norms require sturdy buildings and a few AC rooms.

[yardstick]

Interesting, thanks!