Page 402 - Compendium of UGC Regulations 1957-2023

Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

Explanation:
2. The working days shall exclude holidays and vacations, the time set apart for completing
normal admission, time required for the preparation and conduct of examinations but
shall include the days on which classes such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, practicals
etc. are held or conducted.
3. The total periods provided in the timetable shall not be less than 40 clock hours a
week. The timetable on working days shall be so drawn up that physical facilities are
adequately utilized, and not used only for a few hours a day.
4. The University shall not only lay down the syllabus for each course but also the
manner of its implementation, namely, through number of lectures, tutorials, laboratory
sessions, seminars, field work, projects etc. Students shall be encouraged to study some
part of the syllabus themselves and shall be given assignment. So as to make them use
the library or laboratory etc.
5. When a student offers a combination of courses

i. It shall be ensured that the total weekly workload on the student is not more than
30 clock hours a week, thus enabling him to undertake some study at his own
initiative or to prepare his tutorial, seminars etc:

ii. the total workload on a student shall also be adequate so as to keep him busy;
iii. lectures shall be supplemented by tutorials and/or problem solving session (which
shall be around 25% of the lecture work load),term
papers etc., so that a student derives maximum benefits from his programme of
study.
6. Minimum number of lectures, tutorials, seminars, practicals etc. which a student shall
be required to attend before eligible for appearing at the examinations shall be as
prescribed by the University which on an average shall not be less than 75% of the total
number of lectures, tutorials, seminars, practicals etc.
4. Examination:

1. The University shall adopt the guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission
from time to time in regard to the conduct of examination.

2. There shall be both continuous sessional evaluation in addition to semester/yearend
examinations. The marks or grades obtained in continuous sessional evaluation shall be
shown separately in the gradecard alongwith percentile ranking. Each grade card shall
indicate the name of the college from which the candidate appeared in the examination.
Further more, the University shall develop a dependable system of checks and controls
on marks or grades, awarded in sessional work.
Explanations:

Percentile rank refers to the percentage of all the examinees in the course who has the
same or higher percentage of marks or grade in the examination.
3. The examination question papers shall be framed so as to ensure that no part of the
syllabus is left out of study by a student.
4. No semester/year end examination shall be held unless the University is satisfied that
atleast 75% of the course work indicated under subregulation 3(3) has actually been
conducted.

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