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Scheme of Examination (B.A./B.Com./B.Sc.)
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Integrated Course for three years consisting of total VI Semesters (I to VI) |
- There shall be two modes of evaluation of the academic performance of the students offering the B.A./B.Com./B.Sc. course, namely, the Intra-Semester Assessment (ISA) and the Semester End Examination (SEE), hereafter mentioned as ISA and SEE respectively, for convenience. A student shall be required toappear ISA as well as SEE.
The ISA shall be conducted twice in a given Semester, once through a test and other by using alternate modes of evaluation such as assignments, presentations, orals. Generally, ISA for a given paper shall be conducted by the teachers teaching that paper. ISA shall not be conducted for the Practical component of a paper. The schedule for the ISA shall be notified to all at the beginning of the Semester.
The marks of ISA shall be communicated to the students within two weeks. The ISA test shall carry 20% of maximum marks allotted for the paper/course.
The test shall preferably be conducted by the end of July for odd Semester and end of January for even Semesters. Students who failed to appear for the test due to a genuine reason shall be given another opportunity by the end of August/February on a date predetermined by the College. The other mode of ISA will be completed as decided by the teacher but before the end of semester.
A student who fails to appear for ISA due to a genuine reason shall be given additional ISA test by the teacher. A student who does not appear for a minimum of two ISAs of a paper shall not be eligible to answer SEE of that paper.
The SEE (Semester End Examination) shall be conducted at the conclusion of a given Semester. Semester End Examinations shall cover the course of studies prescribed for the concerned / respective Semester.
A candidate shall be considered to have successfully fulfilled the requirements of a Semester and deemed eligible to appear for the Semester End Examination provided he/she fulfills the minimum attendance requirements (75%) as per the relevant rules of the University. A candidate, failing to fulfill these conditions, shall have to repeat the Semester.
Conduct of examination, setting of the question papers, evaluation of answer-scripts and declaration of results of Semesters-I to Semester-IV shall be done by the college.
The Schedule of the Examination and the setting of question paper(s) for Semester-V and Semester-VI SEE shall be done centrally by the University. There shall be no objective type of questions at SEE, however short answer questions may be set. The assessment of the SEE at Semesters V and VI shall be done centrally at the University.
The duration of SEE Theory paper carrying 80 or 60 marks shall be of two hours duration and the theory paper carrying 40 marks shall be of one and half hour duration.
- There shall be no revaluation of answer books of the candidates at Semester-I to Semester -IV Examinations. However the existing provisions in the University for revaluation/verification shall be applicable for Semester V & VI. Personal verification of marks shall be granted to the candidate in the presence of Principal / Vice-Principal and the concerned Examiner, provided the student has applied for the same along with payment of prescribed fees within one week of the declaration of results. The following shall be the procedure for the verification of marks.
On a notified day and time, which should be not later than 10 days after the receipt of application from the candidate, the candidate shall be shown the answer book in the chamber of the Principal / Vice-Principal in the presence of the Examiner concerned.
If the candidate is not satisfied with the results on personal verification of answer book, he may apply to College Grievance Committee within a week.
The College Grievance Committee shall take appropriate action as per the relevant Ordinance and inform the candidate of the decision taken accordingly.
- A theory paper carrying 100 marks shall have ISA component of 20 marks and a SEE component of 80 marks. For a 75 marks theory paper, the ISA component shall be 15 marks and the SEE component shall be 60 marks. A theory paper carrying 50 marks shall have ISA component of 10 marks and a SEE component of 40 marks.
A student shall be required to score a minimum 40% of maximum marks in ISA and SEE taken together in Semister I to VI.
In Practical Paper / component, a student shall be required to score a minimum of 40% marks to pass in all the semesters.
Marks secured by the student in ISA shall be carried forward even if he/she fails in the paper.
- i) Examination(s) in Laboratory exercises shall be conducted for courses/papers having practical component. Marks shall be allotted for journal/lab record book, field work, experiment assigned to the candidate and oral/viva voce during this examination. The breakup of marks shall be as per the recommendations of the Board of Studies in the respective subject as approved by the Academic Council. The allotment of marks shall be broadly as follows: 20% for journal(s), 60% for the experiment and 20% for the oral(s).
- Candidates shall be required to submit the journal /record book while entering the laboratory to appear for the practical examination. Examiner(s) shall take into account the regularity of the candidate in attending the laboratory course, completeness of the exercises, presentation and style of writing the journal. For subjects having the field work component, the candidate shall be required to submit the report of such field excursion(s) along with the journal(s) for assessment. The examiner(s) shall consider the report along with journal(s) while allotting the marks.
- For assessing the candidate's performance in the assigned experiment, the examiner shall take into account the planning, the procedure and the technique followed by the candidate along with the reading/observations, the results and the presentation.
In oral examination, the examiner(s) shall assess the knowledge of the candidate in the course / paper as well as the experiment(s) performed by the candidate.
Record of the breakup of marks thus obtained by the candidate shall be maintained by the respective college for Semester I to IV, in a sealed envelope for a minimum period of 4 years.
The practical examination shall be treated as an independent head of passing.
A candidate may be permitted, strictly on medical or other genuine grounds, to appear for practical examination out of turn, irrespective of the timetable and the batch allotted to him/her, in the examination programme for Semester-V and Semester - VI issued by the University. This out of turn appearance may be in the same college in a different batch or in a different college. Such permission may be granted by the University if so recommended by the Principal of the college. The candidate shall be required to remit the requisite fee for his/her being examined out of turn.
- During the Semesters V & VI a candidate of B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. shall be assigned work for completing the Project paper in the area/field of subject/s. Project work and the report shall be based on field work/library work/laboratory work or on-the-job training or similar work assigned by the teacher on a topic identified by the latter. A teacher may assign one project title to a single candidate or to a group of 5 students. Candidates shall be required to carry out a project in a subject which is in Semester-V and submit the Project Report at the end of Semester-VI for evaluation. The assessment of the project paper shall be done equally by Internal Examiner (Project Supervisor - for 50 marks) and External Examiner (-for 50 marks) as per the guidelines defined in the project manual.
- To be eligible for class, the student shall be required to complete the course in the
minimum prescribed period and shall be required to pass Semester-V and Semester-
VI each in a single seating with all SEE papers and practicals of respective Semesters.
The class shall be awarded on the basis of the aggregate total of marks scored
at Semester-V and Semester-VI taken together, as follows :
40% and above but less than 50% - Pass Class
50% and above but less than 60% - Second Class
60% and above but less than 70% - First Class
70% and above - Distinction
- A candidate who has passed the B.A./B.Com./B.Sc. degree examination and desires
to improve his/her performance/total score shall be permitted to paper again. However,
such a candidate shall be allowed to reappear only in the SEE component of the
papers of Semester V and / or Semester VI examinations excluding the Project Paper
and the skill-based papers. For this purpose, the marks scored at the first appearance,
in the Project Paper and in the Skill-based paper as well as ISA component of all
other papers, shall be carried forward for tabulation of the result under “improvement
of performance” This facility to reappear under “improvement” shall be available only
during the immediately subsequent regular Semester-V and Semester-VI examinations.
A candidate shall not be permitted to reappear for improvement of performace at Semester
I, II, III and IV. The candidate availing of this provision shall be considered to have
passed Semesters V and/or VI “under improvement” and this fact shall be recorded
on his/her statements of marks and other relevant documents. The candidate shall
be required to surrender the original statement of marks and other relevant documents
at the time of receiving the fresh statement of marks in the event of improvement
of performance/total score. The performance of a candidate, who appears under this
provision and fails to improve, shall be ignored. A candidate can appear only once
under this clause.
- The Semester-wise aggregate marks secured by the candidate in Semester-I to Semester
IV examinations along with the paper-wise marks secured in Semester-V shall be indicated
in the statement of marks issued to the candidate for Semester-V. Similarly, the semester
wise aggregate marks secured by the candidate in Semester-I to Semester-V examinations
along with the paper-wise marks secured in Semester-VI shall be indicated in the final
statement of marks issued of marks issued to the candidate after the Semester-VI
examination for the integrated B.A./B.Com./B.Sc. degree course. In case the student
passes any semester or part thereof in the second appearance, it shall be so
indicated in the statement of marks of Semester-V and Semester-VI.
- An unsuccessful candidate who obtains the minimum percentage of marks prescribed
for passing in a subject (theory/practical) shall be exempted from reappearing in that
subject. He/she shall be declared to have passed the full examinations on his passing
in the remaining subjects.
- A candidate appearing in Semester-I and/or Semester-II and /or Semester
III examinations and failing to secure minimum marks for passing in paper/
s in these Semester, shall be eligible to appear for SEE component during the
subsequent semesters upto and including Semester IV, for Paper(s)/Practical(s)
in which he/she has failed in the previous semesters. Such a candidate shall
be required to remit the requisite additional fee(s). Such repeat appearance
shall be appropriately indicated in the Statement(s) of Marks. Wherever the
paper has two or more heads of passing, the component in which the student
has secured pass marks shall be carried forward.
- For students passing all the papers from Semester I and Semester II and failing
to secure passing marks in Papers/Practicals of Semester-III and/or Semester-
IV, a Special Examination shall be conducted, preferably after 15 days from
the declaration of results of Semester IV. The results of such special examinations
shall be declared preferably before the beginning of Semester V.
- Marks scored by a candidate in the Skill-based paper at Semester-V and Skill-based
paper & Project Paper at Semester-VI shall be converted into Letter Grade in the
following manner:
Below 30%....................................E Grade
30% and above but below 40%.....D Grade
40% and above but below 50%.....C Grade
50% and above but below 60%.....B Grade
60% and above but below 70%.....A Grade
70% and above ............................O Grade
A candidate registered for three years integrated B.A/B.Com./B.Sc. Degree course shall
be required to successfully complete 45 papers carrying a total 4100 marks and shall
be required to obtain not lower than ‘C’ Grade in each Skill-based papers and also
Project Paper.
Any change in the scheme of examination will be intimated to the students in the
form of Circular / Notices (on the Notice Board) as and when received from the University.
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