EXAMINATION & EVALUATION
GUIDELINES
EXAMINATION CELL
As per the guidelines of UGC,
Theivanai Ammal College for Women has conferred the status of Autonomy from the
academic year 2009-2010. Autonomy facilitates an academic freedom that the
college can formulate its own syllabus for all UG and PG programmes and carries
out the assessments also. The Examination Cell therefore, has been restructured
to carry out all the examination activities. The Examination Cell of the
college is a confidential section with the responsibility of conduction of
examinations both internal and external, evaluation, publication and display of
results, maintenance of student records for all approved courses offered by the
college which falls under the preview of Autonomy. Apart from central
examination system every department has departmental examination committee
comprising Head of the Department and Examination committee member for each
year.
EXAMINATION
COMMITTEE
Chief Controller
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:
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Dr. S.Akila, Principal, TACW
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Controller of Examinations
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:
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Ms. B.Sridevi
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Members
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:
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Administrative
Officers, Heads of the Department & One faculty from each Department
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EXAMINATION & EVALUATION
GUIDELINES
The Examination and Evaluation
guideline planned to explain the rationale and importance of assessment, post
assessment measures to publish the results and award of degree. UG and PG
examinations are designed according to the guidelines framed
separately approved by the Academic Council from time to
time. Ph.D. programs will remain under the direct supervision and
control of parent universities (Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore and Annamalai
University, Chidambaram). The formative and summative assessments are used to
evaluate the performance of students. The formative assessment is based on
Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) and summative assessment is based on the
End Semester Examination (ESE)
WEIGHTAGE FOR CIA & ESE:
Nature of the Course
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CIA %
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ESE %
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Theory
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30
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70
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Practical
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60
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40
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Project
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60
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40
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1. CONTINUOUS INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
Continuous
Internal Assessment (CIA) will be done by the course teacher on the dates fixed
by the examination cell. For theory courses there will be three compulsory
written tests and best two will be taken for 20 marks and two components for 10
marks. Similarly for practical courses there will be two compulsory practical
tests for 20 marks, daily practical assessment for 30 marks and viva voce for
10 marks. The Continuous Internal Assessment will be awarded as per the
regulations of the examination cell. The Internal assessment marks has to be
entered in the automation by the course teacher after the completion of each CIA
and before the commencement of End Semester Examinations.
CIA COMPONENTS
AND WEIGHTAGE FOR UG & PG PROGRAMMES
No
passing minimum for CIA.
III
& IV EVALUATION COMPONENTS OF CIA
2. UG & PG PROJECT
EVALUATON
CIA
Internal Assessment will
be done for 60 marks
ESE
Guide and External
assessment for 40 marks (Report:30 marks, Viva 10 marks)
The
project has to be presented in the presence of the entire department faculty
and submit for final assessment done by external examiner.
3.
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION:
Question
Paper Setting
§ From
the panel approved by Board of studies and Academic Council, external examiners
from reputed autonomous colleges are selected by the Principal and Controller
of Examinations.
§ The
approved syllabus, blue print, sample question paper, question paper pattern
collected from the department for the courses offered in the semester and sent
to external examiners.
§ Two
sets of question paper one month before the commencement of End Semester
Examinations will be collected.
Question
paper scrutiny
§ Constitution of scrutiny
board comprising of external experts for question paper scrutiny.
Conduct
of End Semester Examination
§ Regular
examination will be conducted for the theory courses.
ü Odd
Semester in the month of November / December
ü Even semester in the month of April /
May
Mal
Practice
§ Scale
of punishment of malpractice involved by the student as per the guidelines
approved by Academic Council.
ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA TO APPEAR FOR END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
Minimum Attendance Requirement (As
per Thiruvalluvar University & Annamalai University Guidelines)
- Securing
minimum of 75% attendance as on last working day.
- Students
with the attendance in the range of 65-74% are allowed only after the
payment of condonation fee.
- In case of married
women students the minimum attendance requirement shall be 55% of the total instructional days
CIA
Requirements
- Theory
– All the CIA Components (CIA Test I, CIA Test II, Component III and
component IV) have to be completed.
- Practical - All the CIA
components (DPA (30), CIA Practical I (10) & II (10) Viva (10) to be
completed.
Payment
of prescribed fee
- Students
are eligible to take the ESE practical / theory after the payment of term
fee, exam fee and vocational course fee before the commencement of
examination.
PASSING MINIMUM
Programme
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ESE
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Aggregate (CIA + ESE)
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UG
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40%
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40%
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PG
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50%
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50%
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MODERATION:
§ Moderation is applied upto 5% of
marks in ESE by automation.
ESE SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS (Theory Courses / Practical Courses
/ Comprehensive Viva-Voce / Project Viva-Voce / Value Education / Soft Skill
Courses / Extension (UG & PG).
ESE
– November:
§ Students with arrear /absent in
theory / practical / theory cum practical / project courses of Semesters I, III
&V are eligible to appear in ESE -November.
ESE
– April:
Students
with arrear / absent in theory / practical / theory cum practical / Project/
Comprehensive viva voce courses of semesters II, IV & VI are eligible to
appear in ESE-April.
§ Final year students with arrear
/absent in courses of semester V of UG, Semester III of PG and courses of
Semester I of M.Phil are eligible to appear in ESE – April along with final
semester Examination. June Supplementary Examinations (Theory)
§ Final year students who have
only one arrear in the courses of I –VI semesters of UG and I – IV semesters of
PG are eligible to appear for June Supplementary Examinations.
VALUATION
§ Central valuation on campus.
§ UG & PG valuation will be
done only by external examiner.
PROVISION FOR RE-TOTALING, PHOTO COPIES OF ANSWER SCRIPTS AND
REVALUATION FOR ALL UG COURSES
§ Last date to apply for re-totaling /photo
copies / revaluation, provide seven working days from the date of result
publication.
§ The photo copies of answer scripts, to be
issued to the students within 7 working days after the receipt of application,
from the students.
§ If the student desires to go for revaluation
after verifying photocopies of answer scripts, it is to be applied within next
7 working days after receiving photocopies.
PROVISION FOR EARNING
FOR EXTRA CREDIT
Provision for earning
extra credit is given to the students by choosing any one of the following
options. A minimum of 30 hours must be spent by the students for earning extra
credit.
§ Self
study paper
§ Term
paper
§ Field
work / Study survey report
§ Case
study
§ Experiments
§ Internship
§ Mini
project
§ Online
courses
4. COMPLETION OF COURSE
OF STUDY
A student who is not
able to pass in a course has the following two options to complete the course
after finishing her programme in all six semesters for UG / four semesters of
PG. She can choose any one of the two options.
Option 1
§ She can register for the courses and appear
for supplementary exam on the payment of exam fee.
Option 2
§ She can register for the courses and appear
for all four components of CIA and also ESE.
§ Registration
fee of Rs. 750/- for the theory has to be paid for all the courses offered in
odd semester in the month of July and offered in even semester in the month of
December.
This provision will be
available
§ For
all theory courses.
§ For
Odd semester courses, a student can avail above provisions only in odd
semester. Similarly, for even semester courses, the above provision is
applicable in the even semester.
§ Only for the students who have completed their
course of study i.e., 6 semesters for UG / 4 semesters for PG.
5. PUBLICATION OF RESULT
§ CIA
& ESE marks are processed through automation.
§ Online
publication (college website) of results and issue of galley to the departments.
6. ISSUE OF MARK
STATEMENT
§ A
consolidated mark statement is issued to students after the publication of
results who have completed the course successfully.
§ To complete a UG programme a student has to
earn a minimum of 148 credits and PG programme minimum of 90 credits. Extra
credits are written in the bottom of the mark sheet separately.
§ The grade obtained by a student in the co –
curricular activities is also reflected in the mark statement.
§ Cumulative mark statement is issued from
second semester.
§ CGPA will be mentioned in final semester.
GRADE AND GRADE POINT
Range of Marks
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Grade
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Grade Point
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90 - < 100
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O
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9.0 -< 10.0
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80 - <90
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E
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8.0 -< 9.0
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70 - < 80
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D
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7.0 -< 8.0
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60 - < 70
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A
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6.0 -< 7.0
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50 - <60
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B
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5.0 -< 6.0
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40 - <50
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C
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4.0 -<5.0
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Less than 40 (UG)
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NC
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0
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Less than 50 (PG)
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NC
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0
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RESULT CLASSIFICATION
CGPA
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Classification of Final Result
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9.
-< 10
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I
Class - Outstanding *
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7.5
-< 9
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I
Class – Distinction *
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6
-< 7.5
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I
Class
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5
-< 6
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II
Class
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4.0-<5.0
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III
Class
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*only
for the candidates who have passed in the first appearance in the prescribed
semester of the course of study.
§ Cumulative
Grade Point Average (GCPA) = ((Sum of Grade Point of the course X
Credits) / Total Credits).
§ The
class obtained by a student will be indicated in the cumulative Marks statement
issued to her on successful completion of the course.
7. ISSUE OF PROVISIONAL
AND DEGREE CERTIFICATE
§ Controller
of examination will send the list of successful candidates to the affiliated
university and receive the provisional and degree certificates.
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