Choice Based Credit System
The College adopted Credit System from the beginning itself, the positive experiences of this system and its wholehearted acceptance by all the stakeholders, boosted the college to adopt the Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS). Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is followed with a view to equip the students with the multi-disciplinary and multi-tasking skills.
Salient Features Of Cbcs
- This is a uniform CBCS for all central and state and other recognized universities
- There are three main courses: Core, Elective and Foundation
- The CBCS provides cafeteria approach in which the students can choose courses of their own choice.
- The credit system allows a student to study what he prefers in his own sequence as per his interest.
- Besides major and allied subjects, new subjects in the name of generic elective subjects are offered.
- Scope for field/project work, study tours, industrial visits, in-plant training.
- Skill & Ability enhancement courses, online course, Extra Departmental Courses and Add-on courses form as part of the curriculum.
- To provide value and ethical based education, participation in Sports/NSS/extension activities are made compulsory.
Evaluation System
At Present the College follows 25:75 patterns for UG & PG (25 marks for internal assessment and 75 marks external examinations). The student must get a minimum of 27 marks (35%) in external examinations and 40 marks (40%) in internal assessment and external examinations and put together at UG level and 34 marks (45%) in external examinations and 50 marks (50%) in internal assessment and external examination put together at PG level.
Internal Assessment
The college follows a fair and transparent Internal Assessment process to enhance the quality of education and to facilitate the students to achieve good results in examinations. The internal assessment is designed according to the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) Pattern as stipulated by Madurai Kamaraj University norms. The continuous internal evaluation consists of Test, Assessment, Seminars and Peer Group Discussions.
Tests: The test consists of Two Internal Tests and one Model Exam. The first test is conducted after 30 working days covering 2 units of the respective curriculum and the second test after a subsequent 30 working days and completion of 2 more units. The model exam is conducted after 80 working days covering the entire curriculum. The average of two best tests out of the three tests is taken for this component. The students who miss any test due to genuine reasons are given one more opportunity.
Assignment: In the Assignment, every student is given a topic on which he/she is expected to prepare comprehensive essay or a critical analysis on the subject. The completed assignments are submitted to the course teacher for evaluation. The teacher makes a critical evaluation of the assignment and subsequently holds one to one discussion with students on their performance in the assignment.
Seminars and Peer Group Discussions: This component is student centric and keeps the learning assignment interesting and interactive. This methodology is robust and the course teacher anchors the exercise. Direct and immediate feedback on the performance is shared by the course teacher and the peer group.
Ensuring Transparency
For robust implementation of Internal Assessment, Orientation is given to students about the internal assessment components by the course teacher. To ensure transparency, the Parent Teacher Meeting is conducted every semester in which the performance of the students regarding regularity in the submission of Assignment, Seminars and attendance is shared with parents.
External Examinations
Guidelines
- All External examinations (theory & practical) are conducted twice a year in November/ December and in April/May.
- Additional Supplementary Examinations are conducted in June every year.
- External examinations are conducted after 90 working days in each semester.
- For external examination 75% of attendance is compulsory.
- Students with less than 75% attendance will have to pay a condonation fee to the Madurai Kamaraj University.
- Those with less than 50% of attendance must reappear the semester after the sixth semester.
- Students having a minimum of 75% of attendance in the practical classes alone will be eligible to submit record note books and appear for both CA & CE practical examinations.
- Students shall be permitted to appear for the practical examinations only with the submission of bonafide records.
- Examination dates are announced sufficient early and are followed strictly.
- Students can download hall tickets from the university website.
- UG students can write External Examinations in English or in Tamil.
- Students desire to write examination in Tamil medium, shall submit a letter to that effect to the Controller of Examinations, well in advance.
Exam Hall Ticket
The hall ticket for the semester examination would be made available in the official website of Madurai Kamaraj University. The hall ticket can be downloaded by all students, deemed to be eligible for appearance. The hall ticket would comprise of the following information such as the Candidate Name, register number, Course code, Subject Code, Centre code and photography of a student for which they would be appearing for in the examination. Any discrepancy in downloading the hall ticket or evident flaws in the content can be guided for clarification from the Controller of Examination Cell at the college.
Download Hall ticket for Additional / Special Supplementary Examination Give university website link here
https://hallticket.mkuniversity.ac.in/
Exam Results Click to view exam results
https://result1.mkuniversity.org/
Provision To Retotal The Answer Books
Candidates who are desirous of having their answer books retotalled shall apply to the Controller of Examinations, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 22, remitting the sum prescribed per answer book within 10 calendar days from the date of publication of results. Where the marks obtained in retotaling are higher than the marks awarded earlier, the Controller of Examinations will issue the revised mark sheet after withdrawing the previous one.
Provision To Apply For Revaluation Of Comprehensive Examination Marks
Candidates who are desirous of having their answer books revalued shall apply to the Controller of Examinations, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 22, remitting the sum prescribed per answer book within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of results. Where the marks awarded in the revaluation are higher than the marks awarded earlier, the Controller of Examinations will issue the revised mark sheet after withdrawing the previous one.
System Of “Transparency In Examination”
In this system, ‘Photo Copies’ of valued answer scripts will be furnished to the students on their request. Students by remitting the prescribed fees shall apply within 8 calendar days from the date of publication of results. Students who applied for transparency will be asked to collect photo copies of valued answer scripts will be furnished to the students. Students shall scrutinize the same. Subject experts will be there to clear the doubts if any. After scrutiny, if they want their scripts to be revalued, they shall apply for the same within 3 calendar days.
Supplementary Examination
To provide an opportunity to the final UG, PG and Add-on career-oriented course students to complete their programmes in the same year itself and to help them for vertical mobility, additional supplementary comprehensive examination is conducted in June every year in the final semester subjects.
