The APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) Syndicate on Wednesday decided to entrust its affiliated colleges with the conduct of online examinations for final-semester BTech students.
The marks obtained by students in each subject at the college level will be normalised, i.e. consolidated by the university in proportion to their cumulative grade point averages (CGPA) in the previous semesters.
The decision to hold the exams is in line with the University Grants Commission (UGC) directive that requires universities to conduct final year exams in the online, offline or blended mode.
Vice Chancellor Rajasree M.S. said priority was given to ensuring that students who had been placed through campus recruitments and those who secured admissions for higher studies were not adversely affected through the protracted exam process. Students less inclined to take the college-level online exams would be permitted to appear for another round of exams in September in the pen-and-paper format. The university has set a tentative target of August end for issuing degree certificates for those taking the online exams. The colleges are likely to be permitted alternative options to grade students who hail from remote areas and other States.
Exam cancelled
The Syndicate approved the Academic Council recommendation to cancel the exams of intermediate semesters. Instead, the marks (out of 100) will be assigned in proportion to the CGPAs in previous semesters.
The marks will be consolidated with the marks of internal evaluation.In addition, 5% marks would be awarded as general moderation in each subject. If a student is unsatisfied with the marks awarded, he/she will be able to cancel them and will be permitted to appear for the next exam conducted for the same subject.
The Syndicate decisions are also applicable to MTech, MCA, MBA, MArch, MPlan, BArch, BDes and BHMCT programmes.
