Examination and Evaluation

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EVALUATION OF STUDENTS

•  Evaluation of students’ performance shall be made separately for each course. 
• The evaluation of the student in each course will be referred to as ‘grading’ and shall be measured by the quality of the student’s performance in that course by assigning grade points as indicated earlier. 
• The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)/Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) shall be the basis to determine whether or not a student meets the academic requirement during the course of study for award of degree for which the student has been admitted. 
• Each course shall carry a maximum of 100 marks for the purpose of grading. 
• In evaluating the student’s performance, the following points shall be considered.
•  Regular Attendance: A student attaining 80 per cent of attendance shall be compulsory for attending Final examination. 
• Class Performance: It includes practical records, assignments and midterm examination.  
• Midterm Examination:  The entire portion from the first class till the date of examination will be included. The duration shall be of 1 ½ hour and carries 25 %  marks.  

Final Theory External Examination:  

• The entire course content will be covered for this examination. The duration of the final theory      examination shall not be less than two & half hours (2 ½ ) and carries 50% marks.
• Note: Rest of the 50 per cent of marks will be allotted as detailed below: 
• 1. Attendance 05 marks 
• 2. Midterm examination 25 marks
•  3. Practical record 05 marks
•  4. Final practical examination 15 marks
•   For the courses with only theory credits, 15 marks allotted for practical examination shall be allotted to Midterm examination (40 marks). 
• Five marks allotted for practical record shall be allotted to reading assignment/ term papers.

External Theory

• Question Paper has to be set by external: HOD shall ensure the coverage of syllabus. Extended syllabus of the concerned course shall be sent to the external examiner, who shall prepare the question papers.  •  
• If needed moderation can be done. • Evaluation to be done internally by the faculty.  • Attendance: A minimum of 80 per cent attendance shall be mandatory for appearing for final exam with five marks allotted for attendance.   

Final practical 

• It is recommended that examination shall be conducted by course instructor(s) and one teacher nominated by HOD.  

UG External Examinations through University Examination Centre 

•  Independent University Examination Centre at UAS, Raichur Campus, headed by Controller of Examination under the control of Director of Education at University will conduct final examination.
• The UEC shall conduct University Examinations simultaneously in all the constituent Colleges under UAS Raichur to maintain uniformity. 
•  There will be commonality in offering courses in each semester for respective Degree Programmes across the teaching campuses.  
• Common schedule of External (Final) examination for all the Colleges to be notified by University Examination Centre. 
• The Assistant Registrar of the College concerned shall provide the list of students registered in each semester to the Controller of Examination (CE), University Examination Centre (UEC) UAS Raichur, through the Dean, immediately after completion of the process of registration.  
• The Dean / Coordinator of each College shall provide list of panel of External Examiners / Question paper setters along with extended syllabus for each course within one month from the commencement of the semester to the CE, UEC, UAS Raichur only once a year for each course.
•   The CE shall finalize and notify the schedule of External Examination at least 3 weeks before the commencement of the External Examination.  
• The CE to keep ready the required number of blank Answer Booklets with adequate pages and attendance sheet for each course of each College.   
• The CE shall hand over the sealed covers containing question papers, blank answer booklets, attendance sheet and other examination material to the respective Dean / Coordinator maximum one week prior to the commencement of the External Examination.  
• The Logistic facilities to hand over the Examination material are provided by the University or the concerned Dean/s.  
• The Dean / Coordinator concerned shall make arrangements to conduct the External Examinations, appoint invigilators and supporting staff, conduct examinations as per the schedule in the respective College, with intimation to the CE, UEC, UAS Raichur.  
• The invigilator and the supporting staff should collect the examination material 30 minutes before the commencement of the examination from the office of the Dean / Coordinator and be present at the venue before 15 minutes of the commencement of the examination to make necessary arrangements. 
• The students will enter the Examination Hall 10 minutes prior to the commencement of the examination to complete filling the first page of answer booklet. 
•  The students shall not be allowed to enter the Examination Hall 10 minutes after the start of the examination.  
• In case of doubts or clarification with respect to question paper, contact invigilator / Coordinator / Dean within 30 minutes after distribution of question paper. 
• Discrepancies in question paper if any be verified by the Dean / Coordinator concerned in presence of the course teacher and the HOD concerned and shall report to CE who in turn shall examine and intimate the Dean / Coordinators of  constituent Colleges. 
• The students are not permitted to leave the Examination Hall before 30 minutes of commencement of examination. 
• The discrepancies shall be mitigated as per UG Academic Regulations that are in vogue in the University.  
•  The invigilator shall conduct the Examinations as per the existing guidelines / Academic Regulations.  
•  After Examination, the invigilator shall handover the Answer Booklets according to ID Numbers    (as per attendance sheet) to the Coordinator. 
• The Coordinator to seal the Answer Booklets along with attendance sheet course wise and Degree programme wise and shall preserve in a secured place.   
• The Coordinator to handover the sealed bundle of Answer Booklets after the last Examination to the UEC, UAS Raichur within 3 working days. 
•  After the receipt of the Answer Booklets from all the Colleges, it should be bar-coded, shuffled, bundled @ 25 Booklets / bundle by the CE and kept ready for centralized evaluation.    
• The Answer Booklets will be centrally evaluated at the UEC, UAS Raichur by internal examiners/ teachers within University appointed by the CE with the approval of the Director of Education, but other than the course teachers of that College. The contract teachers may also be involved in central evaluation. However, the services of external evaluators from outside the University may be utilized, wherever internal teachers are not available. The schedule of centralized evaluation shall be notified by the CE. 
• Arrangements will be made by the UEC, UAS, Raichur to accommodate the internal evaluators of other teaching campuses at head quarters.  The evaluators are entitled for TA/DA as per the approved rates and remuneration for evaluation of Answer Booklet as per the approved rates. (@ Rs. 20/- per paper for internal evaluator & minimum of Rs.150/- and @ Rs.20 per paper for external evaluator & minimum of  Rs. 300/-)  
• After evaluation, the Answer Booklets shall be decoded and arranged according to ID Number, Course and Degree Programme at the UEC, UAS Raichur. 
•  The Assistant Registrars of each College will collect the internal marks for each course from the concerned course teachers within one week after the commencement of the subsequent semester and pass it on to the Coordinators.  Coordinators inturn will send the internal marks of the all courses to the Controller of Examination through the respective Deans within two weeks after the commencement of the subsequent semester.  
• The CE shall arrange to compile both Internal and External marks scored by each student course wise and announce the results College wise. The result shall be notified at the main centre, Colleges concerned and uploaded on the University website. 
•  The Supplementary examination shall be conducted along with the Final External Examination when that particular course is offered. After the declaration of the results by CE, the Head of the Department has to make arrangement for entry of grade point and credit point of each student along with course wise details in the grade register of the Department.  
•  Preserving all the evaluated Answer Booklets for 2 years after completion of the Degree and destroy following the University procedure.    
•  A student to be eligible for pass in a course shall obtain a minimum of 20 marks in the external examination and a total of 50 marks in the course (internal + external examination) failing which it is considered as Fail(F)