Academics

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There are 3 types of assessments for each course - online weekly assignments, monthly in-person invigilated quizzes and an in-person invigilated end term exam.

1. Online Assignments

A 12 week course will have one or more weekly assignments to be submitted online within the due date specified.

The average score of the best 5 out of the first 9 weekly assignments given during the course run should be >= 40/100 to be eligible to write the final exam and get the hall ticket for the same. (Score in any unattempted assignment will be counted as 0).

The scores obtained in these will be counted towards the Total Course Score T and will determine the eligibility to write the End Term Exam.

1. Two Invigilated Quizzes

Two quizzes will be conducted at the end of Weeks 4 and 8 based on the content of Weeks 1-4 and 1-8 respectively.

Each quiz will be a single session exam with 4 hrs to attempt 4 subjects, 3 hrs to attempt 3 subjects and 2 hrs to attempt 2 or 1 subject.

The score of a quiz not attempted will be taken as 0. No make-up quiz will be provided.

It is mandatory to attend at least one of the 2 quizzes. Else, the learner will not be eligible to write the final exam.

The Qualifier Exam marks will count as Quiz 1 only for Foundation courses registered in the same term as the Qualifier Exam. If the student registers for Foundation courses in any other term, the Qualifier score will not be considered as their Quiz 1 score.

1. End Term Exam

At the end of a term, there will be an End Term Exam of 1.5 hours duration for each course. (This will ensure exams can be conducted only on Sundays and exams for 4 courses completed in 2 sessions of 3 hrs each throughout the program.)

Eligibility to write the End Term Exam: Average weekly graded online assignment score >= 40/100 AND learner has appeared for at least one out of the two invigilated quizzes.

If the above eligibility is not satisfied, the learner will not be allowed to write the End Term Exam and will have to repeat the full course.

The score obtained in the End Term Exam accounts for 50% of the Total Course Score T - called End Term Score (E).

Pass criteria for each course

Total Course Score (T) = Average Quiz Score Q (out of 50) + End Term Score E (out of 50)

A candidate is deemed to have passed a course IF Total Course Score (T) >= 50/100. \ This criteria is the same for all learners in the course.