Controller of Examinations - Rules & Regulations

• Absent for one period in any session (forenoon or afternoon) shall be treated as absent for half a day.
• The monthly statement of attendance will be displayed on the Department Notice Board by the respective departments within the first five working days of the following month.
• Students should earn a minimum of 75% attendance in the current semester to become eligible to write the End-of-Semester examinations.
• Candidates who earn attendance less than 75% but 65% and above are not eligible to appear for the current semester examinations. However, the Principal may condone the lack of attendance of those students on the following grounds and permit them to write End-of-Semester examinations, after the payment of condonation fee:
  -Prolonged illness
  -Major Surgery- Accident which demands a longest
• The cause of the long period of absence should be informed to the Principal within a week’s time and get the leave sanctioned.
• Candidates who earn attendance between 55% and 64% are not eligible to appear for the current semester examinations. However, they can write arrear subjects, if any. They are permitted to continue their studies in the next semester; while continuing in the next semester, they have to earn combined attendance of 75% or more by taking the average of the attendance earned in the current and the previous semester. These candidates are eligible to write previous semester subjects along with the current semester subjects. Otherwise, they will not be permitted to appear for both the previous semester and current semester papers and they have to redo the course from the previous semester and in the following academic year, if vacancy is available, after obtaining the approval from the Bharathiar University and the Principal through the Head of the Department concerned.
• Candidates who earn attendance below 55% are not eligible to write the examination in the current semester subjects and also have to discontinue the course and re-join in the same semester in the next academic year, if vacancy is available, with proper approval from the Bharathiar University and the Principal through the Head of the Department concerned. These candidates are eligible to write arrear subjects, if any.
• A candidate who has secured less than 65% of attendance in the final semester has to compensate his/her attendance shortage in a manner to be decided by the Head of the Department concerned and the Principal, after re joining the course.

Punishment for malpractice committed during Continuous Internal Assessment Tests:

Students who are found guilty of committing any kind of malpractice during CIA tests, will not be awarded marks for CIA of the particular paper and it will be indicated as Zero (0) in the Statement of marks. In such cases, the marks obtained in assignment and attendance will also be considered as Zero (0).

Punishment for Malpractice committed during End-of Semester Examinations

NOTES:

• The matter regarding the malpractice will be placed before the Disciplinary Action Committee for enquiry and decision of the Committee shall be final and the same will be informed to the Result Passing Board.

Composition of Disciplinary Action Committee:

• Cancellation of one or more papers written by the candidate who was found guilty of committing malpractice, will be indicated as Zero (0) against the title of the respective paper in the statement of marks.
• If a candidate is reported to have committed any malpractice for a second time, the Disciplinary Action Committee will enhance the punishment suitably.
• The above regulations are intended only to guide the Committee in taking appropriate actions and not intended to apply mechanically to cover every conceivable case.
• The Disciplinary Action Committee may suitably deal with any other case of malpractice which is not covered under any of the above clauses, considering cognizance (seriousness) of the case.
• Penalty of Rs.500/- will be levied from each candidate who was found guilty of committing malpractice, to meet out the expenditure towards conduct of enquiry proceedings.

Under the Post Evaluation Programme there are three menus :

• Provision for improvement
• Re-totalling, Revaluation and obtaining photocopy of valued answer scripts
• Restrictions to appear for the examinations

Provision for improvement

A student who passes a paper in the first attempt can reappear for the same paper in the succeeding End-of-Semester examination only, for improving his/her marks. Re-appearance for improvement is allowed for theory and practical subjects of all semesters, except for the final semester subjects. Revised mark statement will be issued after withdrawing the previous one, if the marks obtained in improvement are higher than the marks awarded earlier. When there is no improvement, there shall not be any change in the original marks already awarded.The improved marks shall be considered for classification but not for ranking.

Provision for Re-totalling, Revaluation and obtaining photocopy of valued answer scripts

• UG/PG candidates may apply for re-totalling/ revaluation/ photocopy of valued answer scripts, to the Controller of Examinations through the Heads of Departments and Principal, in the prescribed forms, remitting the prescribed fee within 10 days from the date of publication of results. Revaluation /obtaining photocopy of answer scripts is permissible only for the current semester papers and not for any arrear paper.
• Those wish to apply for revaluation of final semester papers can do so within five days from the date of publication of results. In re-valuation, the answer papers will be valued by two external examiners separately and the average mark of the valuations will be taken into account.
• Revised mark statement will be issued after withdrawing the previous one, if the marks obtained in revaluation / retotalling 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 revaluation should not apply for retotalling.
• Candidates, who desire to apply for revaluation after obtaining photocopy of the valued answer scripts, can do so within 7 days from the date of receipt of the photocopy, remitting the prescribed fee for revaluation.
• There is a provision for revaluation and obtaining photocopy of the valued answer scripts, for PG/PGDCA courses as single valuation system is being adopted. (applicable from the academic year 2009-2010)

Restrictions to appear for the examinations

Candidates who fail in any of the papers in the UG and PG End-of-semester examinations shall complete the paper concerned within 5 years from the date of admission to the particular course. If they fail to do so, they shall re-register their names and take the examination in the texts/revised regulations/syllabus of the paper prescribed for the subsequent batch of candidates, in force at the time of their reappearance.  In the event of removal of that paper consequent to change of regulation and/or curriculum after 5-year period, the candidate shall have to take up an equivalent paper in the revised syllabus as suggested by the Chairman, Board of Studies concerned.