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                         PASSING STANDARDS & PROGRESSION RULES
                                          (CREDIT BASED EVALUATION NORMS)

(a) (i) UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS for batches admitted under National Education Policy
(NEP 2020) implementation i.e. First and Second Years of the program, onwards, progressively

The performance of the learner will be evaluated in two components. The first component will be an

Continuous Assessment with a weightage of 40% of total marks per course. The second component

will be a Semester End Examination with a weightage of 60% of the total marks per course. The

allocation of marks and other details for the Continuous Assessment and Semester End Examinations

is indicated below in tabular form:

# Three sub components –

i)          10 marks + 10marks (three tests* for 10 marks each to be conducted at different instants of

time amongst which best two out of three will be considered)

ii)         20 marks assignments / projects / presentations etc.

## Two sub components-

i)         10 marks (two tests* of 10 marks each to be conducted at different instants of time and

average of two will be considered)

ii)         10 marks assignments / projects / presentations etc.

*Class tests / Critical Essays / Article Reviews / Open Book Tests / Quizzes etc.

Question paper pattern for the Semester End Examination and Rubrics for the Projects/ assignments /

presentation shall be decided by the respective Board of Studies

EXAMINATION SCHEME FOR PRACTICAL COURSES

Passing Standards

To pass a course the learner should obtain a minimum of 40% marks in aggregate out of the total marks

allotted for each course where the course consists of Internal Continuous Assessment and Semester End

Examinations. The learner should also obtain a minimum of 40% marks (i.e. 16 out of 40 if the maximum

marks allocated to Internal Continuous Assessment is 40) out of the total marks allotted to the Internal

Continuous Assessment and a minimum of 40% marks out of the total marks allotted to the Semester End

Examination (i.e. 24 out of 60 if the maximum marks allocated to the Semester End examination is 60)

separately, to pass the course and a minimum of Grade P / D (as the case may be), wherever applicable,

to pass a particular semester.

A learner should obtain a minimum of 40% marks out of the total marks allotted to a course in case that

course consists of only Internal Continuous Assessment component or only Semester End Exam

component.

(ii) UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS for Non- NEP 2020 implementation i.e.

Third Year of the programs of AY 2025-2026:

# Two sub components –
i)       10 marks (two tests* of 10 marks each to be conducted at different instants of time and average
          of two will be considered)
ii)      15 marks assignments / projects / presentations etc.

*Class tests / Critical Essays / Article Reviews / Open Book Tests / Quizzes etc.

Question paper pattern for the Semester End Examination and Rubrics for the Projects/assignments/
presentation shall be decided by the respective Board of Studies

EXAMINATION SCHEME FOR PRACTICAL COURSES

Passing Standards for Practical course

To pass a practical course/s the learner shall obtain a minimum of 40% marks out of the total marks

allotted to the practical component of the respective course

Courses with Projects (Third Year):
A Semester End Examination of 100%, as a presentation along with a dissertation, followed by viva-voce
examined by a panel of examiners. (There should be one Internal and one External Examiner for each
practical examination. The average marks awarded by both the examiners will be considered as the final
marks).

Passing Standards
To pass a course the learner should obtain a minimum of 40% marks in aggregate out of the total marks

allotted for each course where the course consists of continuous assessment and Semester End

Examinations. The learner should also obtain a minimum of 40% marks (i.e. 10 out of 25 if the maximum
marks allocated to continuous assessment is 25) out of the total marks allotted to the continuous

assessment and a minimum of 40% marks out of the total marks allotted to the Semester End Examination

(i.e. 30 out of 75 if the maximum marks allocated to the Semester end examination is 75) separately, to
pass the course and a minimum of Grade D, wherever applicable, to pass a particular semester.

A learner should obtain a minimum of 40% marks out of the total marks allotted to a course in case that

course consists of only continuous assessment component or only Semester End Exam component.