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

It is a common practice at some

universities

to penalise

students

if the work is submitted after the given

deadline

, in my ,opinion

this

is a good practice and not a problem. It is the university's job to train the disciples for the real world, by deducting the student's marks for handing over the assignment late. It makes sure that they learn that there are consequences for missing a

deadline

. At ,

Universities

it's the marks

however

, in the field not meeting a

deadline

can have adverse results.

For instance

, let's take a look at the construction industry, for any

project

that is

under construction there are millions of money invested by the investors. These investors have calculated their ROI ( Return on Investment ) based on the stipulated

time

of completion given by the owner of the

project

.

However

, the construction

firm

hired to execute the architect's drawings is not sticking to the given timeline resulting in a delay of the

project

by at least 6 months. Imagine the losses faced by them just because the

firm

failed to deliver the

project

on

time

, the loss of 6 months of revenue is quite high. Since it's the owner's responsibility towards the investors, they shall have to pay for the loss in revenue. It was the

firm

's duty to deliver the

project

without any delays

hence

, failing to do so the owner shall in return penalise the

firm

by cutting their pay/agreed fees. To avoid

such

mishaps the

universities

are strict with their deadlines, deducting the marks of

students

to prepare them for the outside world.

Nonetheless

, there is still an alternate route to

this

problem.

Instead

of penalising the

students

they should teach them the importance of

time

and how they should manage it to avoid future problems. Usually, a student is unable to meet the

deadline

because they lack

time

management skills and are overwhelmed by the task at hand.

Hence

,

universities

should teach them how to prioritize tasks that can result in much greater efficiency from the pupil.

To conclude

, some

universities

are actually doing the correct thing by penalising the

students

for not meeting the

deadline

, just the way they would in case one fails to meet the

deadline

set by a client.

Nevertheless

, an alternate pathway should be practised by the

universities

like teaching the

students

the importance of

time

and how to complete a task efficiently.