School of Agriculture Evaluation

Evaluation System of Students, Examination and Grades for UG Courses in Agriculture

1.1 (a) The evaluation of the student in a course shall be based on his/her performance in various kinds of examinations, records, class work and other types of exercises.

(b) The detailed course outlines in each course shall be prepared by the concerned teacher(s) in consultation with the University Head of the Department/Head of the Department, which will be made available to the students during the first week of the semester. A schedule of the mid-semester examinations of the academic programme shall be prepared by the Dean and notified to the students at the beginning of each semester.

(c) Answer scripts of mid-semester examinations are evaluated by the teacher and shall be shown to the students. The students shall have the option to request the teacher for clarification of any doubts in scoring, provided that such clarification is requested when the answer scripts are made available to them. This shall not apply to final theory and practical examinations.

1.2 Mid-semester examinations:

There shall be one mid-semester examination to be conducted by the teacher offering the course after 50% of the working days are over in a semester. The duration for mid-semester examination shall be for one and a half hours and the final theory examination shall be two and half hours. The marks allotted for mid-semester and semester final theory examinations shall be 50 and 100, respectively. Ordinarily, no condonation for absence of mid-semester examination shall be given. However, the mid-semester examination to be conducted to the students who could not appear these examinations in view of their participation in the inter-university and national sports, literary and cultural events etc., along with the students who are genuinely prevented from taking examination in the case of serious illness or accident or any other case. This repeat examination shall be held within two weeks from the date of examination missed and shall be a common examination for all such students. Unless a student appears for the mid-semester examination, he/she shall not be permitted to appear for the semester final theory and practical examinations in the course concerned. The special re-examination shall be conducted as per the time fixed by the Dean within two weeks from the last date of mid-semester examinations. The weightage of marks allotted for mid-semester and semester final theory examinations shall be as per the Fifth Dean’s Committee recommendations.

1.3 Semester final examinations:

(a) The semester final examinations in each course shall be held at the end of each semester. The semester final examination in the theory portion shall be of two and a half hours duration. It is the responsibility of the University to conduct the semester final theory examination. practical examinations shall be conducted by the respective colleges. The students shall be given two preparation holidays (inclusive of the public holiday) before the commencement of semester’s final theory examinations.

(b) Answer scripts of semester final theory examinations are evaluated through spot valuation system. On the last day of semester final examinations, the Dean shall send all the sealed answer scripts to the selected centre where they are coded, before distribution for valuation. The duration of spot valuation is 7 (seven) working days. Evaluation instructions are issued by the University for each semester.

1.4 Computation and Award of Courses Grades:

Marks for the practical shall be based on continuous evaluation of practical classes and a final practical examination which shall include a viva-voce examination. In respect ofthe RAWE Programme/In-plant Training/Industrial Attachment/Hands-on Training/Skill Development Training and ELP etc., the criteria for evaluation of students as prescribed in manuals of respective programmes shall be followed.

Examinations

Courses with Theory and Practical

Mid-term Exam (30%) + Assignment (59) in practical oriented courses + Practical (15%) + External Theory (50%)

Courses with only Theory

Mid-term Exam (40%) Assignment (10%) + External Theory (50%)

Courses with only Practical

Practical (50%) + Classwork (50%)

Computation and award of course grades are detailed in Annexure-II

Semester Final Practical Examinations (Internal)

Shall be conducted by course instructor(s) and one teacher nominated by HOD.

Semester Final Theory Examinations (External)

The syllabus of the courses concerned shall be sent to at least two teachers of other state Agricultural Universities for each course who shall prepare the question paper (Part A: 40 and Part B: 60)

The DOE(Director of Education) /COE shall choose two question papers which shall be moderated by the teachers as identified by the DOE(Director of Education)/COE and finally one of the question papers shall be chosen by DOE(Director of Education)/COE for the conduct of semester final theory examination. Evaluation shall be done internally by the faculty other than the course instructor.

Weightage with various courses such as course with theory and practical (1+1, 2+1, 3+1 and 1+2 etc.) courses with theory only (1+0,2+0 and 3+0 etc..) and courses with practical only (0+1,0+2,0+3 and 0 +4 etc. are approved as proposed (Annexure – Il enclosed)

1.5 Mass Absence of Students From a Class or Examination:

Absence of students ‘en-masse’ from a class or examination shall not be condoned. The Dean, in addition, may order suspension of the course, if deemed necessary.

1.6 Unfair Means During Tests and Examinations:

The Dean of the college shall be responsible for dealing with all cases of use of unfair means in various examinations. The phrase, “Use of Unfair Means’ includes possession of any information or material by the student, talking to other students, copying from other students or from printed or written material may include ‘use of mobiles or any other electronic gadgets’, impersonation etc. The invigilator concerned, on finding the use of unfair means by any student may take the answer scripts of the student and the material evidence, if any, and the explanation from the student. The student may also be sent out of the examination hall immediately. The invigilator concerned shall report each case of unfair means directly to the Dean immediately with full details of the incident, answer scripts, the available evidence and explanation of the concerned students, if any. The Dean, on receipt of the report, may give an opportunity to the concerned student to represent his/her case considering all the available evidence, and the Dean shall take appropriate action immediately. The penalty shall be as indicated below:

1. a) A student found using unfair means during mid-semester examination shall be deemed to have failed in that course.
2. b) A student found using unfair means during semester final examination shall be deemed to have failed in all the courses.

he/she has registered in that semester and/or in such of those courses in which he/she appeared for semester final examination in that semester. In such cases, the student shall not be permitted to take the remaining examinations, if any, in that semester.

1. c) The Dean shall report each case falling under (a) and (b) above immediately (after passing the order to the DOE). For using unfair means of a serious nature such as ignoring the repeated instructions of invigilator, or abusing, threatening or assaulting the invigilator, warranting higher penalties than those indicated in clauses (a) and (b) above, the Dean, besides treating the student as failed in all the courses he/she registered in that semester, may further debar the student for the succeeding semester and the fact be informed to the DOE. Further, if more severe punishments felt necessary. will be imposed, The Dean shall immediately inform the University about the details of each case, together with all the material evidence if any, and his/her recommendation. The explanation or representation of the student, if any, may also be sent. The Vice-Chancellor after examining the case, may debar the student for further period or permanently. The decision of the Vice-Chancellor is final.
2. d) The parent or the guardian of the concerned student shall be informed of any punishment awarded to the student and the reason therefor.

1.7 Scrutiny of Grades:

The student may apply to the Registrar within one week after the announcement of the grades for scrutiny of the totalling of marks of the semester final examination or calculation of grade points obtained by him advancing sufficient reasons for such a request. The fee for such scrutiny shall be as prescribed from time to time.

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