EXAMINATIONS RELATED |
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1. What is the procedure to be followed in case of
loss of Examination documents like Admit Card, Identity Card, etc?
No
student is permitted to appear in the examination without the Admit Card
and Identity Card. Please note that, any case of last minute loss of
documents i.e. ID Card or Admit Card should be reported to the
University immediately. The student is required to file an FIR and
forward an affidavit for the loss to the Controller of Examinations
(COE). Further, he/she has to take a written permission from COE for
appearing in the examination. His/her result will not be published, if
he/she appears without the permission of COE and also, until the matter
is regularized. Immediately after the examination, he/she shall obtain a
new ID card by sending the format available in the website along with a
copy of the above documents to the Additional Registrar. |
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2. What is the procedure if mistake is committed
while filling the Re-sitting Application Form?
A
student should be careful while he/she fills the application form. Admit
Card is issued according to the application form filled by the student.
In case, a student has committed any mistake, he/she should immediately
bring it to the notice of the Additional Registrar through his/her LC.
The university reserves the right to accept or reject such requests. |
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3. What is the procedure for obtaining Examination
Center Transfer?
The
request has to reach the University at least 2 months before the
university examinations.
Following procedures has to be followed: Send
an application stating that examination center change is required. Obtain
the NOC of the Learning Centre where registered. Provide the reasons
for requesting examination center transfer. Provide the proof of the
reason, if available. Enclose Demand Draft favoring Sikkim Manipal
University, DE, payable at Manipal/Udupi as prescribed in the form.
NOTE:
The university reserves the right to accept or reject such requests. |
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4. What are the consequences of making a mistake
in the Answer Sheet (e.g. Roll No. or Subject Code wrongly written)?
A
student has to strictly adhere to the rules mentioned in the Question
Paper. However, the student shall forward a written request for the
mistake committed and the changes required. The results will not be
published in all such cases. University is empowered to accept the
request or otherwise. |
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5. What are the Consequences of appearing in the
examination without Admit Card?
Student
cannot appear in the examination without the Admit Card. If the student
has appeared in the examination without the Admit Card, then his/her
result will not be published and suitable action will be initiated
against the student. |
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6. Why do two Semester Subjects clash in the
Examination Time Table?
The
problem basically arises for students who have accumulated too many
backlog papers. The examination time table is drawn to enable regular
students to appear for the even or odd semesters. However, there may be
students who have accumulated backlogs of their previous even and odd
semesters. Thus, there could be a case where the paper for even semester
from the backlog may clash with another paper of another even semester.
Similar could be the case for odd semester papers. There is no
provision for appearing in two separate papers in the same session on a
particular day. |
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7. What is clash of Papers? How to avoid?
Unlike
other vertical programmes re-registration to the higher semesters in SMU
is not linked to clearance of the previous semesters. The structure
also provides ample chance to the student to clear the backlog papers. A
student gets two consecutive chances to clear a paper except in case of
lateral entry.
The grouping of the subjects permits a student to
appear in the backlog papers in every alternative semester. For
instance a backlog paper of I semester can be taken with II Semester IV
Semester and VI semester hence he/she gets 4 chances to appear for a
subject. In case of lateral entry cases 3 chances. In every backlog
paper a student gets a minimum of two consecutive chances.
The
Schedule of the examination is such that the all ODD semester
examinations are held together. Similarly, EVEN semester examinations
are grouped together. This system enables a student to appear in the
papers in respect of two semesters provided the combination of the
semester is ODD and EVEN. While filling the re-sitting applications for
the back papers, the students should meticulously plan as to which
papers they would like to appear when ever there is a clash of papers
due to above reason. Please note that the university will issue the
admit card for all the backlog papers as requested in the re-sitting
application submitted by the student irrespective of the fact as to
whether the paper clashes or not. However, the student will be permitted
to appear in any one of the paper of his choice. To conclude, it is
emphasized that the system provides adequate opportunity to the student
to clear the backlog papers. |
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8. When are the Supplementary examinations?
There
are no Supplementary Examinations. The University doesn’t have any
provision for supplementary examinations. The examinations are held
twice a year for Overseas students as under:
a) Examination for the
Spring Session (April to September): Examination will be held in the
month of September/October. b) Examination for the FALL Session (October to March): Examination will be held in the month of March/April.
The
exact dates will be published in the website three months prior to the
commencement of the examination. |
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9. What is the passing percentage according to
Regulation?
Present
Regulation: “A student should secure at least 35% marks in the
Continuous Evaluation (21 out of 60) and 35% marks in the Term end
examination (49 out of 140) to pass.” Aggregate Total should be 40 % (80
out of 200) and above.
Project Examination:
This applies to all the students. A student should secure at least 35%
out of 100 marks in the Continuous Evaluation and 35% out of 100 marks
in the Term end Examination to pass. Aggregate total should be 40% (80
out of 200) and above. |
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10. What is meant by Internal Assessment (IA)
Marks?
The
students are given assignments and are also expected to attend practical
classes which need to be completed and submitted to the Learning centre
as part of Internal Assessment. The faculty at centre will evaluate
these assignments, practical logs and assign marks based on the
performance to each individual student. |
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11. Who does the Evaluation for Internal
Assessment?
The
faculty at learning centre does the evaluation for Internal Assessment. |
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12. Who evaluates our university examinations
papers?
Sikkim
Manipal University evaluates the examination papers. |
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13. When will the Results be declared?
Results
will be declared within 6 weeks after the examination. |
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14. What are the consequences of skipping of
Examinations?
The
student is required to clear all the papers of the course with in the
prescribed time as mentioned in the prospectus/admission documents at
the time of taking admission. The time available to a student to clear
the course is double of normal duration.
Example: (1)
A student who joins MCA I semester. The minimum duration required to
complete the course is 3 years. The maximum time available to complete
the course is 6 years. (2) A student who takes lateral entry
admission to MCA III semester. The minimum duration required to complete
the course is 2 years. The maximum time available to complete the
course is 4 years.
Case: “A student who has registered
for a semester in FALL session 2006 is not in a position to appear for
the examination scheduled for that session i.e. Jan 07. Instead, he/she
is desirous of appearing in the exam in July 07”. As per the
regulations a student is required to appear for the examination at the
end of the session. For instance, a student registered for MCA VI
semester in August 06 Session (FALL Session 2006) is required to appear
for the examination in January 07. However, in case, if he/she is not in
a position to appear in scheduled examination, he/she may appear in the
subsequent examination by filling the re-sitting application. He/She
will be required to pay the re-sitting examination fee as per the rules
prevalent. |
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15. The number of chances a Student gets to clear
the subject?
The
structure of SMU programmes is versatile and provides ample opportunity
to the students to complete the course without loss of semesters due to
backlog papers. Unlike other vertical programmes re-registration to the
higher semester is not linked to clearance of the previous semesters.
The structure also provides ample chance to the student to clear the
backlog papers. A student gets two consecutive chances to clear a paper
except in case of lateral entry. As far as the lateral entry is
concerned please note that the provision itself is applicable assuming
that the student has the domain knowledge of the subject by virtue of
his qualification. Hence, the system expects the student to clear the
lateral entry paper in first sitting itself. The grouping of the
subject permits a student to appear in the backlog papers in every
alternative semester. For instance, a backlog paper of I semester can be
taken with II Semester, IV Semester and VI semester hence he gets 4
chances to clear the subject. In case of lateral entry cases 3 chances
are available. In every backlog paper a student gets a minimum of two
consecutive chances
To conclude, it is emphasized that the system
provides adequate opportunity to the student to clear the backlog
papers. The scheme of the University doesn’t provide supplementary
examination in view of above reasons. |
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16. Why are the old Question Papers not provided
by the university?
Reasons
for the non provision of the old Question Papers to Students and
Center: providing question papers has a great disadvantage in
that it curbs the multi dimensional approach of the learner to the
subjects. It is very important to let the learners have a wholesome
approach to the subject wherein the learner grasps the subject given in
the learning material by understanding the subject rather than by
cramming the same by rote. Students are expected to adopt a
learning-centric approach to the studies and are advised not to follow
‘guide’ pattern of answering. The strength of our evaluation process and
the course is in generating the habit of self-analysis and
comprehension by the students. Based on the learning materials and
associated subject materials, you are advised to formulate number of
questions in the pattern as per the sample questions and build up your
notes. This is the precise reason why our examinations are MCQ based
and we do not provide the question papers.
What you need to do
is: -
While studying a subject, a student should visualize
questions based on MCQ pattern. A Sample MCQ is available in the program
guide. This process will enable the understanding of the subjects in
question/answer form.
A student should train himself/herself to
answer the questions only when he/she has the knowledge. The strength of
the MCQ system is that it fully covers almost all aspects of the
subjects and enables an assessment of the knowledge of the student on a
wholesome basis rather than selective basis. Secondly, because of
negative marking system it does not leave scope for chance-taking while
answering. The students are advised to develop the technique to
attend MCQ pattern of the questions. Following points are pertinent:-
i)
Attend only those questions for which they know the correct answer. ii)
Never take chance in answering questions when they do not know the
same. iii) Remember that, 25% marks are deducted for every wrong
answer. iv) If a question is left unattended, a student will loose
marks only for that question. |
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17. When will we receive the Marks Card?
Once
the results are announced a centre-wise result sheet is sent to the
Learning centers. Within one month, the individual marks card will also
be dispatched to the centre for distribution to the students. |
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18. What is the procedure for Re-valuation of MCQ
Answer Script?
There
is no provision for revaluation essentially because the valuation is
done by scanning the answer sheet at least twice. The answer sheet is
marked by the student by darkening the appropriate circle to indicate
the answer for a question. The scanning process which evaluates the
student is 100% error free and hence no revaluation. However, it is
appropriate to mention that the analysis of the answers show the
following as the main reason for student’s failure/scoring less marks.
Wrong
answers get 1/4 th negative marking. In most of the failure cases, the
reasons for less mark have been due to this. For instance, while a
student gets 40 marks for correct answers, he loses 10 marks for wrong
answers to questions worth 40 marks. This results in deduction of 10
marks from his 40 marks. In this case, the student fails primarily
because of attempting the questions, for which he does not know the
answers. It is therefore very important to be judicious while answering
the MCQ papers. Students are advised to answer only those questions, for
which they are sure of the answer. In some cases students make
mistakes while darkening the appropriate columns; for instance, while
marking an answer for question No.3, answer has been wrongly darkened
against the field for question No.4. This happens when due care is not
taken to carefully to verify the appropriate column for answering.
Students are advised to take due care while marking the answers to
questions. In some cases, the students mark more than one answer by
darkening the additional circles. The scanning is programmed to
disregard these answers and hence loss of marks.
The students are
also advised to write the data in the answer sheet correctly such as
Reg. No, Test Booklet No, Subject code, and Center Code. The
instructions given in the MCQ answer sheet for these must be strictly
complied with. Please note that no communication regarding
revaluation, etc will be entertained in view of the facts explained
above. |