2. General causes
Students may think that the teacher would allow them in the class even if they got late
Why would they think that?
Because the teacher might have allowed students coming late to class earlier
Students presume that the teacher is lenient
Teacher usually comes late
Also students staying at hostel have some common reasons to get late
Why would they get late?
Queue for doing morning activities like taking bath, attending natures call etc.
Also they have to depend on mess facility for breakfast, lunch which effects their schedule
They have some formality to be completed like shifting to hostel or change in room
They wait for their partner students, if they are not ready so that they can go together
3. Also student doing some extra curricular activity,
like
Handling some Event of college
Doing off-summer
Belonging to some college committee which
gave him work
Participating in some inter college competition
Attending seminar
Has to do some home chores in absence of
parents
4. Causes pertaining to students
staying far away from college
Some students travel by train/bus/taxi/auto/personal
vehicle to come to college so for them the causes can
be-
Train or bus arrives late
Train or bus is cancelled
Students using personal vehicle may face traffic
There may be technical issues in
train/bus/taxi/auto/personal vehicle which would
result in the student getting late
Co-passenger get into fight with the driver/conductor
resulting in delay
Taxi or auto refuses to ply
Why do they refuse to ply? Maybe because there is
huge traffic or they don’t get return fare
5. Students misjudging the time required by train or
bus to reach the destination
Why would students misjudge the timings? It could
be because they are not aware of time taken
Why are they not aware of travel time? Maybe
because the students are new and have not
travelled before
There was hectic schedule day before and lectures
went on for long time till evening due to which
students reached home late
In rare situations, small accidents may happen
which would result in the student reaching late to
college. (In case of big accidents, student would not
even come to college)
6. Causes pertaining to students living
nearby
Some students live within walking distance from
college
1. Students may leave late thinking they would
reach on time
2. Why do they leave late?
Basically it is because of callousness on their part
Students wake up late
Students wait to buy something on the way
3. Why they get late even if they leave on time?
Meet some friend on the way and then talk to him
Student has some work on the way like going in
bank
Get stuck in the lift as light goes of
7. Causes pertaining to importance of
beginning of lecture
Students do not believe that the beginning of the
lecture is important
Hence try to go late
Why do they believe that?
Teacher is unprepared and takes time to start the
lecture
Teacher waits for other students
Importance of start of lecture is not conveyed
8. Causes pertaining to the behavior of
the student
Some students are not responsible and don’t
consider it important to attend lecture on time
Students try to challenge the teachers authority
by going late
Students think if one get late for first time then its
not punishable
9. Fishbone Analysis Diagram
Bus/ Train is late
Bus/Train is cancelled
Traffic on road Teacher takes
time to start
Teacher waits for
Other students Students challenge
Teachers authority
Teacher had allowed students who came late earlier
Teacher usually comes late
Presume teacher is lenient
Some Students
are
not responsible
Wait to buy
something
Late arrival
of students
Taxi/Auto Refusal to ply
Technical issues in the mode of
transport
Accidents
Misjudging
travel time
Students are
New
They don’t get return fare
Lack of
awareness
Callousness
Leave late for
college
Wake up
late
Sleep
late at
night
Unwell
Teacher is
unprepared
Has to do some work
Like Banking
Get stuck in the lift
Queue for morning activities
Mess facility
Formality to be completed
Participating in inter-college competition
Some home chores in absence of parents
Belonging to some college committee
Handling some event of college
Doing off summer
Was attending seminar
Meet friend on the way
First time late
Is not punishable
act
Fight between co-passenger
And conductor/driver
Hectic day yesterday
lectures till evening
To go together with friends from hoste
10. Remedial action
Strict action should be taken if the reason for
coming late is not genuine
Attendance should be taken at the start
Communicate the importance of the subject
Communicate the expectations from the students
Teacher should also be on time ensuring students
time is not wasted
Communicate the importance of next lecture
Do not waste time in the beginning of the lecture
