Some universities deduct students’ marks if work is given late. What is your opinion and recommend some alternative actions for this problem?

There are certain tasks

students

are expected to complete while studying at a university. One of them is the assignments but some teachers deduct

marks

if the assignments are submitted late.

This

essay will discuss how

this

practice is useless for the development of

students

.

To begin

with, the fear of deduction of

marks

might force the

students

to copy the practice in order to submit it on a date without understanding it.

As a result

, the

students

do not learn anything new about the topic as well as they do not develop skills of critical thinking.

For instance

, most of the universities in rural areas of Pakistan still give fewer

marks

if the job is submitted not on the day and

students

of these universities perform poorly when they compete with other

students

of Pakistan in analytical tests

such

as NTS and GRE.

Therefore

,

this

practice should be stopped in order to promote learning among

students

. There are numerous other methods to encourage a student to submit homework on time. One of them is to have a competition for the best chore in a month, which will make

students

submit on time and they will try to improve the quality of their work, promoting learning.

For example

, the best concept that I developed at the university was in the subject of "Theory of Structures" as our teacher used to give 1000 rupees for the best assignment of the week.

Thus

,

such

steps should be taken

instead

of deducting

marks

. In conclusion, forcefully submitting tasks on time is not useful but other methods

such

as holding a competition for the best homework will give better results in terms of learning. In my opinion, more different methods should be developed to promote learning

instead

of deducting

marks

.