a.     Examination and evaluation shall be done on a continuous and comprehensive basis, at least three times during each semester.

b.     There shall be 20% marks for internal assessment and 80% marks for End-semester examination in each course during every semester examination in each course during every semester.

c.    A candidate shall be declared as passed a Course, provided he/ she secures -

(i)    at least 40% of marks in each Course in the End Semester Examinations.

(ii)  at least 'P 'Grade in the 10 point scale combining both the In-semester and End- Semester examination performance.

(iii)     there shall be no separate pass mark for Internal Assessment.

(d)      Re- Evaluation & Betterment Examination:

(i)     There shall be no provision for re-evaluation of answer scripts of end- semester examinations. However, a candidate may apply for re-scrutiny.

(ii)  A student shall be entitled to take the “betterment examinations” in any two theory courses of any of the six semesters after passing the Sixth Semester examination only once. In this case, the higher marks secured by the student shall be retained. The candidates shall have to apply for betterment examination within one year of passing the Sixth Semester examination.

(iii)   No betterment shall be allowed in the practical

examinations.

(e)     A candidate who fails or does not appear in one or more courses of any end semester examinations up to Sixth Semester shall be provisionally promoted to the next higher semester with the failed course as carry over course(s). Such candidates will be eligible to appear in the carry over course in the next regular examinations of those courses.

(f)        If a candidate clears the sixth semester examination before clearing all the courses of the previous semesters, the result of the sixth semester examination of that candidate shall be withheld and his/ her results shall be announced only after he/ she clears the courses of the previous semesters.

A student must clear all his/ her Semester Examinations within Six (6) years from the dates of admission to the First Semester of any Programme irrespective of the number of examinations appeared by the student, viz. First and Second Semester Examinations shall have to be cleared in six consecutive chances, Third and Fourth Semester Examinations shall have to be cleared in five consecutive chances and Fifth and Sixth Semester Examinations in four consecutive chances. Under special circumstances, the candidates may avail the fourth chance in Fifth and Sixth Semester Examinations only. However, after the first chance of the Fifth and Sixth Semester Examinations, the candidate shall be considered as a non-regular candidate.

(g) Since the Semester system involves continuous assessment there shall be no scope for a student to appear as a private candidate in any programme in this system.(h) A candidate shall be declared to have passed the Bachelors Degree in the concerned discipline provided he/she has passed all the Semesters and in all the Courses separately.