Examination

CBSC Examination

Education plays a significant role in the building of a nation. The majority of educational institutions are engaged in introducing a semester system to match with international educational patterns. The majority of Indian higher education institutions have been following a percentage or marks-based evaluation system. This obstructs the flexibility for the students to study the subjects of their choice. Students should be given the choice of selecting disciplinary, intra-disciplinary and skill-based courses. This is possible only in the Choice-based – Credit-System (CBCS). Therefore, it has become necessary to introduce CBCS System in India.  UGC has formulated several guidelines concerning courses and evaluation systems which the educational institutions have to follow.

West Bengal State University has introduced CBCS in 2018 as per the UGC norms. The CBCS course will comprise of the following:

1. Core Course - A course, which should compulsorily be studied by a candidate as a core requirement of the chosen discipline(s) is termed as a core course.
2. Elective course - Generally a course which can be chosen from various others courses and which may be very specific, specialized or advanced to the discipline.

2.1 Discipline Specific Elective Course (DSE) – Elective courses offered by the main discipline is referred to as DSE.

2.2 Dissertation/Project- An elective course designed to acquire special/advanced knowledge, such as support study to project work, candidate studies such a course on his own with a faculty as advisory support and prepare a project work.

2.3 Generic Elective(GE)- An elective course chosen generally from an unrelated discipline /subject to seek exposure is called a Generic Elective. For example, aPhilosophy Hons. a student may choose and other subjects as General Elective (which his/her college provides).

3. Ability Enhancement Course – The Ability Enhancement Course (AE) are of two kinds - Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) and Skill Enhancement Courses. (SEC)

3.1 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course(AECC): 1) Environmental Science 2) English Communication / MIL (Modern Indian Language)

3.2 Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) -   These courses may be chosen from a variety of courses designed to provide skill-based knowledge.

4.    MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR DEGREE:

4.1 An undergraduate student (with Honors) may be awarded B.A / B.Sc. degree if he or she completes 14 core courses, 2 AECC, 2SEC, and 4 courses each from a list of DSE and GE courses respectively.

4.2 An undergraduate B.Sc. general student may be awarded if he/she completes 4 core courses each in three disciplines of choice, 2AECC minimum 4 SEC and 2 courses each from a list of DSE. An undergraduate B. A student may be awarded if a student completes 4 core courses each in two disciplines of choice, 2 core courses each in Englishand MILrespectively, 2 AECC, minimum 4SEC, two courses each from the list of DSE courses.

5.DURATION OF COURSE:

For all the students obtaining admissions under the 3 years UG program under CBCS, the period to complete the course will be a maximum of 5 years from the year of admission in the first semester.

6. MARTS DISTIBUTION AND EVALUATION:

Full marks for each course of both Honors and General will be 50;20 for internal and 5 for attendance. Hence, for theoretical courses of 75 marks, 25 marks shall be assessed by the College (internal) and 50 marks by the University.

The marks (5) for attendance shall be allotted as >90% = 5 marks,>80%. but less than 90% = 4 marks,>75% but less than 80% =3 marks,>70%but less than 75% =2 marks,>60% but less than 70% = 1 marks.

7. PASS PERSENTAGE AND PROMOCION RULES:

A student who appears in the semester examinations or who was eligible to appear in the semester examinations but remains absent in any or all the courses of the said semester shall move on to the said semester irrespective of his/her result. But a student will have to clear all his/her backlogs before he/she is promoted to the final 6thsemester. A student will be able to clear the backlog during the occurrence of a regular examination procedure. However, the internal marks will remain unaltered.

8.REAPPEARANCE FOR IMPROVEMENT:

A student may reappear in any semester for improvement from previous marks. However, this can be done in the immediate subsequent semester examination only. This option is available only once per course against prescribed fees.

9. LETTER GRADES AND GRADE POINTS:

10. ISSUE OF TRANSCRIPTS:

Based on the Grades earned, a Grade Certificate shall be issued to all the registered students by the University after every semester and a consolidated transcript indicating the performance in all semesters.