Examination and Evaluation

End-Semester Examinations: The Controller of Examinations shall make necessary arrangements for notifying the dates of the End-Semester Examinations as per the Academic Calendar notified by the University.

B.Continuous Formative Evaluation/Internal Assessment(IA):

• Total marks for each course shall be based on continuous assessments and semester-end examinations.
• Total marks for each course = 100 Continuous/Internal assessment (C1) 30 Marks
• Semester End Examination (C2) = 70 marks
• The first component (C1) shall be based on tests (10 marks), and class attendance (5 marks) and the remaining 15 marks for this component shall be from seminar/ case study/fieldwork/project work assignment, etc.
• This shall be evaluated by the course teacher and authenticated by the concerned college using their official seal at the time of conducting tests/ assignment/ work etc. and communicated to the Controller of Examinations at least 15 days before the commencement of the University examinations.
• No student will be allowed to appear in the End-Semester Examination of the University if he/ she fails to secure a minimum of 40% marks (12 out of 30 marks) in the Internal Assessment.
• It shall be the duty of the Principal of the concerned College to announce in consultation with the Heads of the Departments the names of students who are found not eligible to appear in the End-Semester Examinations in the various courses due to non-fulfilment of the criteria of internal assessment and attendance.
• The students shall be informed in advance about the schedule of the Internal Assessment. All relevant records for C1 shall be maintained by the Department/Principal and made available on demand by the University.
• A Semester-End Examination shall be conducted by the University for each Course. This forms the second component of the assessment (C2) and the maximum marks for the final component will be 70%. There shall be no internal assessment for 2 or 3-credit papers with 50 marks.

5 % marks for attendance shall be distributed as follows:

a) 75% to less than 80 % attendance 1 mark

b) 80% to less than 85 % attendance 2 marks

c) 85% to less than 90 % attendance 3 marks

d) 90% to less than 95 % attendance 4 marks

e) 95% and above attendance 5 marks

A student shall be declared as Passed in a course (Paper) in a Semester Examination, provided he/ she secures at least 40% marks separately in Internal Assessment and End Term Examination. Further provided that in case of Course (Paper) having Practical component a student shall have to secure 40% Marks separately in Theory and Practical component.

A student qualified for the next higher Semester with Back Paper(s) is considered eligible to appear at the higher Semester Examination provided he/ she fulfils all other conditions laid down in these Regulations. Such a student has to appear only in the Back Paper(s) of an earlier Semester examination along with the appropriate Semester Examination (i.e. Odd to Odd and Even to Even). If a student obtains an ‘F’ or ‘Ab’ grade in any course(s), he/she will be treated as having failed in this/those course(s). He/she has to reappear in the examinations of that course(s) as and when conducted by the University, Marks obtained earlier in continuous assessment (Internal) may be carried forward and added to the marks obtained in repeat semester-end examination to decide the grade in the repeat course(s).

The student will be promoted to the next semester if he/she secures at least 50% of the total credits in a semester. In case the student secures less than 50% of the total credits in any semester, then the student will be declared fail in that semester and he/she will be asked to repeat the entire semester.

In such cases, the student will not be promoted to the next semester. However, pass marks secured by the student in any course (paper), in any semester will remain at his/her credit. If a student passes all the courses offered in any semester, then the student will be declared Successful in that semester.

If a student secures at least half of the total credits in a semester and fails in some courses offered in that semester then he/ she will be provisionally promoted to the next semester with ATKT (Allowed to keep term) in those courses in which he/she fails. However, a student has to clear all the courses of the programme within the maximum time limit mentioned in the Programme structure table to award the certificate/diploma/Degree.

If the 4th year of the undergraduate programme is not offered in the present affiliated college, admissions in another affiliated college within the same University shall be allowed in cases of provisional promotion to the 4th year of the undergraduate programme.

If a student fails in theory but is passed in practical of the same paper, in such case the student will have to reappear in both theory & practical components of that course.

The University Ranks/Gold Medals shall be awarded to the students with 4-year Honours/ Research Degree. A 4-year Honours/ Research Degree student shall be considered for the award of Rank/ Gold Medal if he/ she does not have any back papers/ betterment attempt in any examination and completed the 4-year Degree continuously without any break. A Student who exits at the end of 3 years and re-enters into the 4-year Honors/ Research Degree shall not be considered for the Rank/ Gold Medal. Further, there shall not be any provision for a Rank/ Gold medal for the Certificate and Diploma candidates and also students transferred from other Universities/ Institutions will not be considered for a Rank/ Gold Medal. For awarding Rank/ Medal, CGPA will be considered, however, in case of the same CGPA, the actual percentage of marks shall be considered.

Accumulation of Credits: Every student shall open an account in the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC), which will provide him/ her with an ABC ID and will allow access to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

The Credit awarded to a student for the courses pursued in the University shall be accumulated in the Academic Bank Account of the student. The procedure for the accumulation of credit earned, and redemption of credits would be as per UGC and other relevant Regulations.