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

3. Teacher:
3.1 No person shall be appointed to a teaching post if he/she does not fulfill the minimum
qualifications prescribed for recruitment as per the Regulations in this regard notified
from time to time under Section 26 (1)(e) of the UGC Act 1956.
3.2 Every teacher shall participate in teaching, which may include any or all of the
following: lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions, seminars, fieldwork, projects and
other such activities.
3.3 Every teacher shall also give general assistance to students in removing their academic
difficulties; and participate in the invigilation and evaluation work connected with tests/
examinations; and take part in extra-curricular, co-curricular and institutional support
activities as required.
3.4 The workload of a teacher shall take into account activities such as teaching, research
and extension, preparation of lessons, evaluation of assignments and term papers,
supervision of fieldwork as also guidance of project work done by the students. The
time spent on extension work, if it forms an integral part of the prescribed course, shall
count towards the teaching load. The total workload and the distribution of hours of
workload for the various components shall be in accordance with the guidelines issued
by the UGC and the other statutory bodies concerned in this regard from time to time.
4. Working Days:

4.1 Every university enrolling students for the first degree programme shall ensure that the
number of actual teaching days on which classes such as lectures, tutorials, seminars,
and practicals are held or conducted is not less than 180 in an academic year, excluding
holidays, vacations, time set apart for completing admissions and time required for
conduct of examinations.
4.2 The timetable on working days shall be so drawn up that the physical facilities are
adequately utilized and not used only for a few hours in a day.
4.3 The total periods provided for contact teaching shall not be less than 30 hours a week.

4.4 The time provided for practicals, field work, library, utilization of computer and such
other facilities, shall not be less than 10 hours a week.
5. Syllabus:
5.1 Depending upon the curricular pattern, whether the university follows the annual system,
the semester system or the trimester system, the entire syllabus of the programme shall
be divided into suitable courses spread evenly for the duration of the programme.
5.2 The university shall endeavour to introduce a cafeteria approach by working out the
division of the entire syllabus of the programme into courses in such a manner that a
student can choose the number of courses according to his/her requirements.
5.3 The university shall not only lay down the syllabus for each course, but also the manner
of its implementation, namely, through lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions, seminars,
field work, projects and such other activities.
5.4 Depending upon its nature and level, a course may be assigned a certain number
of credits. The credits assigned to the various courses shall also be indicated in the
respective syllabuses. The system of credits shall be in accordance with the guidelines
of the UGC and other statutory bodies concerned.
5.5 The syllabus for each course shall also indicate the scheme of evaluation/ examination.

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