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Recommendations

universities and institutions of national importance to start with, which may be
percolated to all other HEIs in a phased manner.
3.5 Each HEI can have a Committee to determine the equivalence of the credits in cases
of transfers/horizontal mobility.
3.6 Guidelines for such “Equivalence Committees” can be provided.
4. Moderation

4.1 Moderation at every stage is essential to evolve fair, trust-worthy, dependable and
transparent Evaluation system.
4.2 Moderation at different stages like paper setting, assessment, re-assessment, post-
evaluation should be mandatory.
4.3 Assessment of the over-all procedures adopted, quality and standard of the paper-setting,
assessment and evaluation system as a whole should be undertaken every 2-3 years.
4.4 A Examination Reforms Cell at HEI level and a Examination Reforms Committee
(appropriate nomenclature can be used) at the state level can be set up for the purpose.
5. On-Demand Examination
5.1 It is time, steps are initiated in the direction of providing On-Demand Examination
facility to the students.
5.2 A National Board may be established to conduct Examinations On-Demand.
5.3 To start with, it can conduct exams for popular degree programs. Initially, on-demand
examinations can be introduced for distance programs for which it is best suited.
5.4 Related syllabus, study material and QBs can be made available to the candidates.
5.5 Should be open to all; no age limit, minimum requirements of eligibility etc,
5.6 Extensive use of technology/automation.
5.7 System should ensure highest dependability, openness, reliability, transparency and
recognition.
6. Internal Examination and External Examination
6.1 Most suitable combination of IE and EE for comprehensive and continuous evaluation
and assessment of the students can be evolved by the HEIs in the light of the discussion
in this Report.

6.2 Internal Evaluation: should be such that it will not cause undue stress and pressure on
students.
6.3 Proportion of IE and EE should be specified for UG as well as PG levels: should be
flexible to some extent for programs of different nature.
6.4 System of IE should be objective, student friendly, transparent and free from personal
bias or influence.
6.5 The results of IE should be made known to the students soon after the IE.
6.6 Proportion of IE and EE should be specified for UG (e.g. 30:70) as well as PG levels
(e.g. 40:60)
6.7 Proportion of IE can be low to start with. It can be raised progressively in a phased
manner to 50% depending on the outcome of experience. For high ranking HEIs, it
can be higher (say 50:50 or 60:40).

6.8 Internal assessment must be graded on a relative, not an absolute, scale and must be
moderated and scaled against the marks obtained in the external exam.
7. Malpractices

To ensure credibility of the examination system, it is essential to check the malpractices.

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