Constitution

Examination Branch of KVR Govt. College for Women(A), Kurnool

I. Brief Introduction:

Under “The New Education policy of UGC”- 1984, our College was conferred the autonomous status in 2015. As per the pre-requisites of autonomy, the Examination Branch is established in the year 2015. The examination branch is one of the most significant branches and it acts like heart of College which plans and monitors the examination and evaluation of both UG and PG courses. It is a confidential section with the responsibility of smooth conduction of examinations for all the courses and maintenance of student’s records.

            The Principal of the college is the “Chief Superintendent” of the examination branch. The Controller, assistant controllers and other staff of examination branch are appointed as per the UGC guidelines.

Constitution of Examination Branch

• The College has introduced Semester system as per the guidelines of the UGC from the academic year 2015-2016.
• Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is adopted by the College from the academic year 2015-2016 for both Undergraduates and Postgraduates.
• At time of inception of autonomy, the college was offering 13 Undergraduate programs in Telugu and English medium and 4 Postgraduate courses.
• At present the College is offering  14 Undergraduate and 7 Postgraduateprograms. The Semester-end Examinations are conducted by the Examination branch of the college.
• The Examination Branch is totally computerized since 2015. The first Software was installed in the year 2015.
• One Chartered Accountant as the member of Finance Committee was appointed to look after the proper utilization and transparency in expenditure of the autonomous funds. 

Scheme of examination:

• After introduction of Semester system, the Scheme of Examination was divided into internal and external examination under the ratio 30:70. 
• At present under CBCS the Semester Examinations are conducted under the ratio 40:60. 40% of marks are allotted for internal examination and 60% is allotted for External examinations for Theory.A Candidate should qualify a minimum of 40% in each theory papers and practical papers to qualify a general pass.

Internal Evaluation – (40Marks)

Two Internal Assessment Tests will be conducted and the average of the two will be taken    into consideration.

•  For Internal Assessment Test     :  20 marks
• Assignment                                  :  5 marks
• Seminar                                        :   5 marks
• Attendance*                                 :  5 marks
• Surprise Test                                :  5 Marks

 Total                                          :  40 marks

          Pass marks  (40%)                  : 16 marks

External Evaluation – (60Marks)

• Semester end examination        : 60 marks (Pass marks- 24)
• Practical examinations               : 50 Marks (Pass marks- 20)

Marks allotted for Attendance^* (as per the percentage of attendance)

If percentage of attendance is > 95  :   5marks

                                               91-95 :   4marks

                                              86-90  :   3 marks

                                              81-85  :   2marks

                                              75-80  :   1 mark

II.Rules for students:

The Students are governed by the rules and regulations framed    by the Examination Branch of this College.

1.      75% attendance both in theory and practical courses (wherever applicable) is mandatory for candidates to be eligible to appear for the semester examination.

2.      After the semester system was introduced, examinations for I, III and V Semesters are held in October/November each year. Examinations for II, IV & VI Semesters are held in March/April every year.

3.      Registration for examinations: All students undergoing regular courses of study have to register for every semester exam by paying the requisite exam fee, filling the examination form and obtaining the hall ticket before appearing for the said exam.

III. Responsibilities of  examination branch:

1.      Looks after the conduction of BOS Meetings, Academic Council meetings, GB Meetings, Question Paper Setting, Valuation of answer scripts .

2.      Prepares Academic Calendar for odd and even semesters, examination time table of internal and external exams for all semesters.

3.      Processing of examination application forms and issue of hall tickets to the students.

4.      Conducts the regular semester examinations(both internal & external) and also the backlogs of all semesters, declares the results, issues marks memo, provisional certificates, consolidated marks memo etc.,

5.      The examination branch looks after the payment of remuneration to the examiners, receipts of examination fees, payment towards stationery etc., purchased for the examination branch.

6.      The exam branch also looks after the exams related to the Rayalaseema university(like B.Ed) and  other competitive exams for Govt. jobs conducted by APPSC, SSC etc.,

7.      Semester and Consolidated Memorandum of Marks is issued by the Examination Branch. Under CBCS, the Memorandum of Marks /Grade Report is issued at the end of each semester to the student reflecting the marks, credits and grade letter in each paper.

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