“…In addition, disparity in students' family, economic and cultural backgrounds also affect their regularity of attendance in classes. The debarring of students from appearing for the end-term examination that too due to inadequate class attendance leads to serious consequences upon students, ranging from loss of academic progress, dissatisfaction among students, loss of interest towards career, and personal side-effects (Avasthi et al, 2022) such as loss of selfconfidence, self-esteem, mental stress, anxiety, etc.…”