Revised Internal Assessment system of scaling down the marks

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

No. UG/61 of 2013-2014

CIRCULAR:–

A reference is invited to the Ordinances and Regulations relating to the Under Graduate and Post Graduate programmes vide this office Circular

the Principals of the affiliated Colleges, the Heads of the Recognized Institutions

by the Academic Council at its meeting held on 7^th June, 2013 vide item No. 4.16 and subsequently approved by the Management Council at its meeting held on 20^th June, 2013, 21^st June, 2013 & 11^th July, 2013 vide item No. 15 and that

examination for Under Graduate and Post Graduate programmes as per Credit Based Semester and Grading System for faculties of Arts, Science and Commerce are introduced, which is available on the University’s web site (www.mu.ac.in) and that the same has been brought into force with effect from the academic year 2013–2014.

MUMBAI – 400 032                                                                            REGISTRAR

20^th September, 2013

To,

The Directors/Heads of the University Departments, Principals of the affiliated Colleges, the Heads of the Recognized Institutions concerned.

A.C/4.16/07/06/2013_____________________

M.C/15/20/06/2013,21/06/2013 &11/07/2013

Copy forwarded with compliments for information to:-

1)       The Deans, Faculty of Arts, Science and Commerce.

2)       The Professor-cum- Director, Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL),

3)       The Director, Board of College and University Development,

4)       The Controller of Examinations,

5)       The Co-Ordinator, University Computerization Centre.

Regulation 8668 regarding scaling down the marks at internal examination

Introduced for Credit Based Semester and Grading System with effect from the academic year 2013–2014)

Introduced with effect from 2013-14 and is applicable for all semesters of all programs (aided and non-aided) of UG and PG for Credit Based Semester and Grading System under Faculties of Arts, Science and Commerce

Concept of scaling shall be applicable only for the marks obtained by the learners at all the individual courses.

Marks obtained by the learner at the Internal Assessment and Semester End Examinations should be converted to the percentage marks course wise.

Concept of scaling shall be applicable only in cases where the marks obtained by the learner in the Internal Assessment and Semester End Assessment Examinations differ by more than 20% in the course concerned i.e. percentage marks of the learner at a course in the Internal Assessment is 20% more than the percentage of marks scored by the learner concerned in the Semester End Examination in the course concerned.

Learner at the course concerned in the Internal Assessment should be scaled down to 20% plus the percentage score of the learner at the Semester End Examination.

The concept of scaling shall be applicable only in course/s where the learner has passed the course. In case if a learner fails in one or more courses at an attempt then the concept of scaling shall be applied to the courses that the learner has passed at the attempt concerned and for the remaining courses where the learner has failed, the concept of scaling will be applicable as and when the learner passes the course or earns the credit for the course.

The scaled marks can thus be used to calculate the Credits, Grades, Credit points earned by the learner can then be used to calculate the GPA, SGPA and CGPA.
Concept of scaling shall not be applicable where the percentage of the marks scored by the learner at the Semester End Examination is more than the percentage marks scored by the learner in the Internal Assessment at the course concerned. One of the reasons for the learner scoring low marks at the Internal Assessment could be non-appearance for one of the components of the Internal Assessment.