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What is the procedure to be followed in case of loss of
Examination documents like Admit Card, Identity Card, etc? |
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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 Institute 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His/her result will not be published, if he/she appears without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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What is the procedure if mistake is committed while filling
the Re-sitting Application Form? |
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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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What are the consequences of making a mistake in the Answer
Sheet (e.g. Roll No. or Subject Code wrongly written)? |
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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 The results will not be published in all such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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What are the Consequences of appearing in the examination
without Admit Card? |
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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the Admit Card, then his/her result will not be published and suitable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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Why do two Semester Subjects clash in the Examination Time
Table? |
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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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What is clash of Papers? How to avoid? |
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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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When are the Supplementary examinations? |
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There are no Supplementary Examinations. The University doesn’t
have any provision for supplementary examinations. The examinations
are held twice a year for Indian students as under:
The exact dates will be published in the website three months prior
to the commencement of the examination. |
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What is the passing percentage according to Old and New
Regulation? |
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- Old Regulation – for students enrolled from Aug
1999 to Feb 2002
The students, who were enrolled till Spring Session
2002 (enrolled in Feb 2002), are governed by the old regulation
under which they are considered as passed in a paper, if they score
40% aggregate (80 out of 200) in the Internal Assessment and the
University examination.
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.
2. New Regulation - for
students enrolled from Aug 2002 onwards.
* (FOR JAN 2003 EXAMINAION ONLY.)
Refer page No. 7 of prospectus August 2002 wherein it is mentioned,
“A student should secure at least 50% marks in the Continuous
Evaluation and 40% marks in the Term end examination to pass.”
After due consideration, it has been decided that the minimum percentage
for the continuous evaluation will also be 40%. Hence, the above
provision has been reconstituted as under-
“A student should secure at least 40% marks in the Continuous
Evaluation (24 out of 60) and 40% marks in the Term end examination
(56 out of 140) to pass.” Aggregate Total should be 40% (80
out of 200) and above.
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.
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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What is meant by Internal Assessment (IA) Marks? |
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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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Who does the Evaluation for Internal Assessment? |
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The faculty at learning centre does the evaluation for Internal
Assessment. |
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Who evaluates our university examinations papers? |
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Sikkim Manipal University evaluates the examination papers. |
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When will the Results be declared? |
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Results will be declared within 6 weeks after the examination. |
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What are the consequences of skipping of Examinations? |
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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:
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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.
- 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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The number of chances a Student gets to clear the subject?
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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
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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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Why are the old Question Papers not provided by the university?
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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: -
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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.
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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.
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The students are advised to develop the technique
to attend MCQ pattern of the questions.
Following points are pertinent:-
1. Attend only those questions for which they know the correct
answer.
2. Never take chance in answering questions when they do not know
the same.
3. Remember that, 25% marks are deducted for every wrong answer.
4. If a question is left unattended, a student will loose marks
only for that question.
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When will we receive the Marks Card? |
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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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What is the procedure for Re-valuation of MCQ Answer Script?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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