Mangaluru: The academic council of Mangaluru University on Tuesday decided to make 75 percent attendance for students compulsory by withdrawing the facility of condonation, which allowed students lacking minimum attendance to write exams after paying a prescribed fee.

The decision comes in the wake of a Supreme Court order. The Union government had constituted a committee, under the chairmanship of J.M Lyngdoh, to examine and recommend aspects about the student body and the student union elections in university, colleges and other institutions of higher education.

The committee had submitted its report to the apex court, which in its order on September 22, 2006, had directed that the recommendations should be followed in all colleges and universities.

Besides, the council decided to present honorary doctorates to only three persons every year.

The council also approved to reserve one seat for sports, NCC, NSS, cultural activities, Scouts and guides and employee quota in each post graduate course along with the existing reservations.