Calcutta University lets PG departments take a call on mode of conducting practical exams – Times of India

KOLKATA: Calcutta University has decided that the mode of practical examinations will be determined by the individual post-graduate departments after discussing in the respective Board of Studies. It was decided at a meeting on Friday that that the marks of the odd-semester exams will have to be submitted within 21 days.
This time the semester exams will be held as per the CSR of the respective subjects and thus the duration and marks allotted won’t be curtailed like the online, end-semester exams in October 2020. Among the resolutions of the meeting of PG Board of Studies Chairpersons, which was held in CU on Friday, the dates for the odd-semester exams were fixed on March 8 and March 26. The exams will be held online.
“Post-graduate departments will conduct the entire process of paper setting, moderation, distribution of questions, collection and evaluation of answer scripts. The departments will submit evaluated marks to our Controller’s office within 21 days online, after each examination, so that University can publish results in time,” said a senior CU official.
Post graduate departments will, however, decide the mode of conducting practical examinations.
“In case of the subjects, for which colleges also conduct post graduate courses, the faculty members of corresponding university departments will evaluate all the answer scripts, including those of the PG students in colleges,” added the official.
The decision has been taken to introduce transparency in the evaluation system since the degree is awarded by CU that bears the hallmark of excellence in imparting quality education.
Till 2019, when a college applied for a PG programme, CU determined the syllabus for the first three years After this, the colleges had the autonomy to frame their own curriculum with approval from the university. Since a discrepancy was observed between the syllabus being followed by the PG departments in CU and in the colleges, resulting in ‘qualitative deterioration,’ the PG Board of Studies in 2018 decided to bring parity. CU also decided to implement a uniform examination system in the PG course. “Now, the evaluation will be done by the teachers of CU post-graduate programmes,” said the official.