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

3. A contact programme of 810 days shall be organised in different places where there is
a reasonably good number of students, to include lectures and discussions in support of
the studies. Classes may be arranged on Sundays and other holidays at the headquarters.
4. Adequate number of practicals shall be provided in all courses involving such work and
if necessary, these may be arranged in the evening, during holidays or vacations in the
existing institutions.

5. Every student at the undergraduate level shall be required to do at least five home
assignments in each subject which shall be made available to him at regular intervals,
received back, corrected, graded and returned to the student at regular intervals. The
University shall maintain a record of the progress of studies of each student.
6. The minimum number of assignments performed by a student for each subject shall be
3 in order to be eligible for appearing in the examination in the concerned subject.
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 examinations.

2. There shall be home assignments, students response sheets, contact programmes and
semester/year end examination. The marks or grades obtained in home assignment
and response sheets shall be shown separately in the grade card alongwith percentile
ranking. Further more, the University shall develop a dependable system of checks and
controls on marks or grades awarded in home assignment and response sheets.
Explanations:
Percentile rank refers to the percentage of all the examinees in the course who had 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/Yearend examination shall be held in a subject unless the University is
satisfied that at least 75% of the programme of study indicated under subregulations 3,
and 3(4) have been actually conducted.
5. Teachers:

1. No teacher shall be appointed who does not fulfil the minimum qualification prescribed
for recruitment as per University Grants Commission (Qualification required of a person
to be appointed to the teaching staff of a University or other Institutions affiliated to it
Regulations, 1982 notified under Section 26(i) (e) of the University Grants Commission
Act, 1956.
2. Every teacher shall be available in the Institution on each working day during the period
prescribed and shall perform such duties as specified under subregulations 5(4) and in
addition undertake examination/test/ evaluation/invigilation work, general assistance
to students in removing their academic difficulties and participate in extracurricular and
institutional support activities as required.

3. The work load of a teacher shall take into account teaching research and extension
activities, preparation of lessons, evaluation of assignments, term papers etc. and shall
be in accordance with the guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission from
time to time for nonformal and distance education:
Provided that the time spent on extension work where it forms an integral part of the
course prescribed shall count towards the teaching load.

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