Dr.V.Vijayakumar
Controller of Examinations
Dr. M.K.Senthil Kumar
Assistant Controller of Examinations
Dr. S.Rathish Kumar
Assistant Controller of Examinations
The Controller office is fully automated. It is sensitive to the just demands of the students and their welfare is given topmost priority.
Vision
To provide a world-class and well-trusted Examination and Assessment System with 100% Quality, Reliability and Credibility.
Mission
Developing a technically Advanced Examination System that consists of Confidentiality, Accuracy and Authenticity to have Theoretical, Practical and Online Testing and Assessments for UG and PG Programmes.
Objectives
- Launching Online Grievance Submission portal for Students related to Examination and Assessment
- Implementing Online Application for Re-evaluation, Re-totaling and Photo-copy of Answer Scripts
- Developing Blooms Taxonomy Standard Question Bank and On-Demand Question Paper Generation for Continuous Internal Assessment and Comprehensive Examinations of UG and PG Programmes
- Conducting On-Demand Examinations for specially approved students
- Initiating Open Book Examinations for PG Programmes
- Implementation of Outcome Based Education (OBE) Attainment process
- Decentralization of conduct of Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) Examination with Departments
- Credit transfer from MOOC Courses, Industry assessment courses and Foreign Colleges
- Publishing the results within seven working days period after last Comprehensive Examination of the Semester
Autonomous Examination Systems
Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science College became Autonomous in 2004 and continues to be affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It has been given freedom to frame its own courses of studies and adopt innovative methods of teaching and evaluation. In keeping with its tradition of promoting innovation and growth, the college had introduced the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education (OBE).
Outcome Based Education and Choice Based Credit System
Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science College became Autonomous in 2004 and continues to be affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It has been given freedom to frame its own courses of studies and adopt innovative methods of teaching and evaluation. In keeping with its tradition of promoting innovation and growth, the college had introduced the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Outcome Based Education (OBE).
Bloom’s Taxonomy
We are following Bloom’s Taxonomy for teaching, learning and evaluating process to improve the skills of the students. It can be used to increase student understanding of the learning process. Teachers can understand the complex cognitive development and how lower-level skills build into higher-order thinking (e.g., recalling facts and comprehending previous problems allows a student to apply their experience to similar problems).
All levels of assessments are:
- Base Level (Remembering and Understanding)
- Application Level (Applying)
- Advance Thinking Level (Analyzing, Evaluating and Creating)
Credit System
The weightage of credits are spread over to different semesters during the period of study and the Cumulative Grade Point Average shall be awarded based on the credits earned by the students. A minimum of 140 credits are prescribed for the Undergraduate Programme (Three years). The curriculum of every programme is designed with total number of credits ranging from 140-150.A minimum of 90 credits are prescribed for the Postgraduate Programme (Two years). The curriculum of every programme is designed with total number of credits ranging from 90-100.
Open Elective Courses
It is offered as extra credit course. The students shall study Inter-disciplinary courses offered in other Programmes through regular mode.
PACE - Personality, Aptitude and Career Enhancement
It is offered for 5 Semesters with 7 credits. There shall be no CIA exams. The students shall be assessed with CE & the passing minimum is 60%
JOC - Job Oriented Course
It is introduced as extra credit course in each semester, except in the sixth semester. Evaluation will be done by the Subject Expert, staff-incharge and the Head of the Department.
Requirement to Appear for the Examinations
- A candidate shall be permitted to appear for the Comprehensive examinations for any semester (practical/theory) if he/she should secure not less than 75%of attendance in the number of hours during the semester and they must have secured 50% of attendance in individual subjects.
- A candidate who has secured attendance less than 75% but 65% and above shall be permitted to take the Examination if the shortage of attendance is due to medical reasons / accident / participation in spots and events, deputed by the College / University. These candidates are condones with valid medical certificate / participation certificate by the Principal after the paying the condonation fee prescribed by the College in current semester subjects. The maximum number of condonations is three in entire programme period.
- A candidate who has secured less than 65%of attendance is not eligible to write examination in current semester subjects and also to re-join in the same semester in the next year with proper approval of the University. These candidates are eligible to write arrear subjects if any.
Provision for Re-Totalling, Re-valuation and obtaining Photocopy of valued Answer Scripts.
- The candidates of all programmes are eligible and may apply for re-totalling/re-valuation/photocopy of valued answer scripts, to the Controller of Examinations through the Heads of the Departments and Principal, in the prescribed forms, remitting the prescribed fee within ten daysfrom the date of publication of results.
- Re-valuation/re-totalling/obtaining photocopy of answer scripts is permissible to any student who appeared for any paper in the Comprehensive semester examinations of current semester.
- Those wish to apply for re-valuation of final semester papers can do so within five daysfrom the date of publication of results. Revised Mark Statement will be issued after withdrawing the previous one, if the marks obtained in re-valuation/re-totalling are higher than the marks obtained earlier. In other cases, the original marks obtained earlier will be retained and the matter will be intimated to the student concerned as ‘No change’.
- A candidate who applies for re-valuation need not apply for re-totalling. Candidates who desire to apply for re-valuation after obtaining photocopy of valued answer scripts can do so within five days from the date of receipt of the photocopy, remitting the prescribed fee for re-valuation. The option for photocopies & revaluation is not applicable for the answer scripts subjected to revaluation and special supplementary examinations.
- There is no provision for revaluation or re-totaling of practical examination papers.
A candidate can apply for photocopies of any number of his/her answer scripts within five days.
Examination
Students must pay the examination fee every semester for all the subjects (theory and practical) enlisted in the application form within the stipulated time.
Passing Minimum (UG)
- A candidate who secures not less than 40% in the Comprehensive Semester (external)Examination and not less than 40% marks in the Continuous Internal Assessment in any course of Part I, II, III & IV shall be declared to have passed the examination in the subject (theory or Practical ).
- A candidate who passes the examination in all the courses of Part I, II, III, IV& V shall be declared to have passed, the whole examination.
- The passing minimum for CIA shall be 40% out of 30 marks (i.e. 12 marks).
Failed candidates in the Internal Assessment are permitted to improve their Internal Assessment marks in the subsequent semesters by writing test and by submitting Assignments. - The passing minimum for Comprehensive Examinations shall be 40% out of 70 marks (i.e.28 marks)
Passing Minimum (PG)
- A candidate shall be declared to have passed in a paper if a student obtains not less than 50% of marks in that paper both Internal and External. A candidate shall be declared to have passed the whole Examination if the student passes in all the papers.
Distribution of Marks
The distribution of marks for Comprehensive Examinations and Continuous Internal Assessments and passing minimum marks for the courses of UG programmes.
| Total Marks | External
Max. Marks |
External Passing Minimum | Internal
Max. Marks |
Internal Passing Minimum | Overall Passing Minimum For Total Marks(Internal + External) |
| 100 | 70 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 40 |
| 50 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 20 |
| S.No. | For Theory – UG/PG courses | CIA Marks (30) | CIA Marks (15) |
| 1. | Online Test 20 min./20 questions | 5 | 3 |
| 2. | Model Examination (21/2 hours) | 10 | 5 |
| 3. | Assignment | 5 | 2.5 |
| 4. | Seminar | 5 | 2.5 |
| 5. | Activity (Paper presentation/Quiz/Panel Discussion/Participation in seminar/workshop) | 5 | 2 |
| Total Marks | 30 | 15 |
| S.No. | For Theory – UG/PG courses | CE Marks |
| 1. | Online Examination 20 questions – 20 minutes | 20 |
| 2. | Descriptive type assessment | 50 |
| Total Marks | 70 |
| S.No. | Environmental Studies and Value Education | Marks(100) |
| 1. | Model Examination(21/2 hours) | 80 |
| 2. | Activity (Paper presentation/Quiz/Panel Discussion/Participation in seminar/workshop/Assignment/Seminar/Model Design) | 20 |
| Total Marks | 100 |
| Total Marks | External Marks(CE) | Internal Marks(CIA) | Overall Passing Minimum For Total Marks
(Internal + External) |
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| Max. marks | Passing Minimum | Max. marks | Passing Minimum | ||
| 100 | 70 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 40 |
| 50 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 20 |
| S.No. | For Practical – UG/PG courses | Marks |
| 1. | Internal Test | 10 |
| 2. | Model practical examination | 10 |
| 3. | Evaluation of Observation note | 10 |
| Total Marks | 30 |
| S.No. | For Practical – UG/PG courses | Marks |
| 1. | Evaluation of Record note | 10 |
| 2. | Viva/ Objective type questions | 10 |
| 3. | Experiment | 50 |
| Total Marks | 70 |
| Total
Marks |
External Max. marks | External Passing Minimum For External | Internal Max. marks | Internal Passing Minimum | Overall Passing Minimum For Total Marks (Internal + External) |
| 200 | 40 | 20 | 160 | 80 | 100 |
| 100 | 20 | 10 | 80 | 40 | 50 |
| S.No. | Particulars | Marks | ||
| 1. | Review – I | 30 | ||
| 2. | Review – II | 30 | ||
| 3. | Review – III | 30 | ||
| 4. | Documentation | 60 | ||
| 5. | Implementation | 10 | ||
| Total | 160 | |||
| S.No. | Particulars | Marks | ||
| 1. | Review Meeting | 15 | ||
| 2. | Objectives, Methodology, Review Literature | 25 | ||
| 3. | Data Collection and Statistical Tools used | 20 | ||
| 4. | Execution of the Project | 20 | ||
| Total | 80 | |||
| S.No. | Particulars | Marks(40) | S.No. | Particulars | Marks(20) |
| 1. | Presentation | 10 | 1. | Viva | 20 |
| 2. | Viva | 30 | Total | 20 | |
| Total | 40 |
The following question paper patterns shall e followed for CBCS pattern syllabi for the candidates admitted from the academic year 2018-19 wherever applicable otherwise provided in syllabi itself.
| Maximum 100 marks |
| CIA – I
Online Examination 45 Min./50 marks (Fill ups, Match, True/False, Choose) Model Examination (21/2 hours) – All 5 units Section A 5 x 4 = 20 (either or type) Section B 5 x 6 = 30 (either or type) Total = 50 Marks CE (21/2 hours) Section A 5 x 4 = 20 (either or type) Section B 5 x 6 = 30 (either or type) Total = 50 Marks Online Comprehensive Examination = 20 Marks Accounts Course Section A 5 x 4 = 20 (any 5 out of 8) Section B 3 x 10 = 30 (any 3 out of 5) Total = 50 Marks |
| Maximum 50 marks |
| CIA – I
Online Examination 45 Min./50 marks Model Examination (21/2 hours) – All 5 units Section A 5 x 2 = 10 (either or type) Section B 3 x 5 = 15 (Any 3 out of 5) Total = 25 Marks CE (21/2 hours) Section A 5 x 2 = 10 (either or type) Section B 3 x 5 = 15 (Any 3 out of 5) Total = 25 Marks |
Once the marks of the CIA and end-semester examinations for each of the course are available, they shall be added. The mark thus obtained shall then be converted to the relevant letter grade, grade point as per the details given below:
Conversion of Marks to Grade Points and Letter Grade (Performance in a Course/Paper)
| RANGE OF MARKS | GRADE POINTS | LETTER GRADE | DESCRIPTION |
| 90-100 | 9.0-10.0 | O | Outstanding |
| 80-89 | 8.0-8.9 | D+ | Excellent |
| 75-79 | 7.5-7.9 | D | Distinction |
| 70-74 | 7.0-7.4 | A+ | Very Good |
| 60-69 | 6.0-6.9 | A | Good |
| 50-59 | 5.0-5.9 | B | Average |
| 40-49 | 4.0-4.9 | C | Satisfactory |
| 00-39 | 0.0 | U | Re-appear |
| ABSENT | 0.0 | AAA | ABSENT |
| Cі = Credits earned for course i in any semester | |||
| Gi = Grade Point obtained for course i in any semester | |||
| n = refers to the semester in which such course were credited | |||
Calculation of Grade Point Average semester-wise and part-wise is as follows:
GRADE POINT AVERAGE [GPA] = ∑i Ci Gi/ ∑i Ci
Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of the courses offered under each part
GPA = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sum of the credits of the courses under each part in a semester
Calculation of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) (for the entire programme):
A candidate who has passed all the examinations under different parts (Part-I to V) is eligible for the following part wise computed final grades based on the range of CGPA.
CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE [CGPA] = ∑n∑iCniGni / ∑n ∑iCni
Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of the entire programme under each part
CGPA = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sum of the credits of the courses of the entire programme under each part
Classification of Successful Candidates
A candidate who passes all the examinations in Part I to Part V securing following CGPA and Grades shall be declared as follows for Part I or Part II or Part III:
| CGPA | GRADE |
| 9.5 – 10.0 | O+ |
| 9.0 and above but below 9.5 | O |
| 8.5 and above but below 9.0 | D++ |
| 8.0 and above but below 8.5 | D+ |
| 7.5 and above but below 8.0 | D |
| 7.0 and above but below 7.5 | A++ |
| 6.5 and above but below 7.0 | A+ |
| 6.0 and above but below 6.5 | A |
| 5.5 and above but below 6.0 | B+ |
| 5.0 and above but below 5.5 | B |
| 4.5 and above but below 5.0 | C+ |
| 4.0 and above but below 4.5 | C |
| 0.0 and above but below 4.0 | U |
| CGPA | GRADE | CLASSIFICATION OF FINAL RESULT |
| 9.5 – 10.0 | O+ | First Class – Exemplary * |
| 9.0 and above but below 9.5 | O | |
| 8.5 and above but below 9.0 | D++ | First Class with Distinction* |
| 8.0 and above but below 8.5 | D+ | |
| 7.5 and above but below 8.0 | D | |
| 7.0 and above but below 7.5 | A++ | First Class |
| 6.5 and above but below 7.0 | A+ | |
| 6.0 and above but below 6.5 | A | |
| 5.5 and above but below 6.0 | B+ | Second Class |
| 5.0 and above but below 5.5 | B | |
| 4.5 and above but below 5.0 | C+ | Third Class |
| 4.0 and above but below 4.5 | C |
- A candidate who has passed all the Part-III subjects examination in the first appearance within the prescribed duration of the UG programmes and secured a CGPA of 9 to 10 and equivalent grades “O” or “O+” in part III comprising Core, Electives and Allied subjects shall be placed in the category of “ First Class – Exemplary ”.
- A candidate who has passed all the Part-III subjects examination in the first appearance within the prescribed duration of the UG programmes and secured a CGPA of 7.5 to 9 and equivalent grades “D” or “D+” or “D++” in part III comprising Core, Electives and Allied subjects shall be placed in the category of “ First Class with Distinction”.
- A candidate who has passed all the Part-I or Part-II or Part-III subjects examination of the UG programmes and secured a CGPA of 6 to 7.5 and equivalent grades “A” or “A+” or “A++” shall be declared to have passed that parts in “ First Class”.
- A candidate who has passed all the Part-I or Part-II or Part-III subjects examination of the UG programmes and secured a CGPA of 5.5 to 6 and equivalent grades “B” or “B+” shall be declared to have passed that parts in “ Second Class”.
- A candidate who has passed all the Part-I or Part-II or Part-III subjects examination of the UG programmes and secured a CGPA of 4.5 to 5 and equivalent grades “C” or “C+” shall be declared to have passed that parts in “ Third Class”.
- There shall be no classifications of final results, therefore, award of class for Part IV and Part V, however, those parts shall be awarded with final grades in the end semester statements of marks and in the consolidated statement of marks.
Improvement marks will not be considered for ranking; but will be considered for classification.
- Proposed time conduct of Examinations: April / November
- Duration of Examinations : 20 Days
- Proposed date in which results would be declared : 15 Days after the last exam
Issue of Certificates and Mark Sheets
- The Certificates and Mark Sheets will be issued after the publication of the results with a note of the due date to receive the same.
- The students on receiving Certificates and Mark Sheets must verify them for correctness of Name, Reg. No., Course, etc. and must contact the Controller of Examinations immediately, if any discrepancy is found.
- For getting Duplicate Mark Sheets an affidavit through a Notary Public and acknowledged by Principal must be submitted along with the fee prescribed.