NEP-2020 UG Program Ordinance Guide
NEP-2020 UG Program Ordinance Guide
UG PROGRAM
IN ACCORDANCE TO
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY-2020
AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF CHOICE BASED CREDIT
SYSTEM(CBCS) FROM
ACADEMIC SESSION 2021-22
(Applicable to all affiliated Colleges)
M. J. P. Rohilkhand University
Bareilly-243006
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PORDINANCES GOVERNING THE UG PROGRAMS IN AFFILIATED
COLLEGES AS PER NEP-2020 AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CHOICE
BASE CREDIT SYSTEM AT UG LEVEL
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• The student has to select the faculty where admission is sought
(Science/Arts/ Commerce/ Management etc).
• University/ College will admit students as per availability of seats and
as per eligibility.
• Student will select three major subjects out of which two major subjects
will be compulsorily from the chosen faculty within the subjects
available in the college and the third major subject can be from the
chosen faculty or any other faculty. The college may lay down options
for the third major subject if to be opted from any other faculty keeping
in view subjects offered in the college and sanctioned seats.
• One minor elective paper may be chosen from own faculty or different
faculty in the first four semesters (i.e. first two years of UG Program)
from amongst the subjects available in the college. University/ College
will allocate minor elective paper as per availability of subjects/ seats.
This minor elective paper shall only be the paper of a subject and not
the full subject. No pre-requisite is required for minor paper. The
student has to take this paper in I or II semester in I Year and III or IV
semester in II Year (i. e. one paper per year). In summary the student
shall be required to study only two minor elective papers in first two
years of undergraduate program.
• However out of third major and fourth minor one must be from different
faculty.
• Each student will opt for a vocational course in the first four semesters
as decided by the Principal of the college. However, if there is a
practical problem in choosing a vocational course due to non-
availability of such courses in the college/colleges, the students may
be asked to select this course within the available on line courses at
UGC, Swayam/ MOOCS portals etc after admission.
• In B.A. (Hons) / [Link]. (Hons) / [Link]. (Hons) as well as single subject
UG programs the CBCS based new syllabus shall be implemented
from session 2022-23.
• In PG the CBCS based new syllabus shall be implemented from session
2022-23.
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• Student on completion of first year (2 semesters) of Undergraduate
programme may exit from the programme with a certificate and after
completion of two years (4 semesters) may exit with a Diploma.
• Student will be awarded Degree after completion of three years (6
semesters).
• Student will be awarded UG(Research) at the completion of four years
(8 semesters).
• Student will be allowed re-entry at the next level after exit.
• Student will be allowed conditional subject change in the second/
third year on the basis of prescribed prerequisites and availability of
seats.
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6)
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5 IX Th.4(5) 1(6) 20 26 258-264
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5.1 The admission to the Part-I or first year of the programs under Faculty of
Science/Commerce/Arts/Management etc leading to
Certificate/Diploma/Degree/Degree(research) shall be made on the basis of
the marks obtained at 10+2 level and the merit list prepared therein by the
Colleges/University campus or any other mode as approved by the
admission committee.
5.2 The eligibility condition for admission to Part-I of any of these Programs
is that the candidate should have passed the intermediate exam of U.P.
Board or any other equivalent qualifying exam of 10+2 level with
minimum percentage and the subjects as mentioned in the advertisement
and information brochure/ pravesh niyamavali from time to time.
6.1 Minimum standards of physical fitness, age and other requirements shall
be as prescribed from time to time.
6.2 The Academic Council shall have power to amend or repeal the eligibility
criteria laid down at clause 6.1.
7. CURRICULUM
7.1 The curriculum has been divided into 2 semesters in each academic year
and shall include lectures, tutorials, laboratory examination, seminars and
projects apart from this industrial training and educational tours etc. as
decided in scheme and necessary instructions issued from time to time.
Curriculum shall also include, co-curricular and vocational courses in
accordance to National Education Policy-2020 and various Government
orders to this effect. Student on completion of first year (2 semesters) of
undergraduate program may exit from the program with a certificate and
after completion of two years (4 semesters) may exit with a Diploma.
Student will be awarded Degree after completion of three years (6
semesters). The student will be awarded UG(Research) at the completion
of four years (8 semesters). However above provisions are subject to
accruing minimum credits as prescribed in clause 4 for getting
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certificate/diploma/degree at the completion of I Yr./II Yr. /III Yr.
respectively. The student will be allowed re-entry at the next level after
exit. Student will be allowed conditional subject change in the second/
third year on the basis of prescribed prerequisites and availability of seats.
7.2 The subjects, distribution of credits and numbers of lectures for various
semesters of each part of study and examination shall be as per the syllabi of
the appropriate program subject to changes by recommendations of respective
Board of studies/Faculty Board.
7.3 Ordinarily, the academic session shall end by the end of May of any academic
year. It shall be divided into two semesters, the Odd semester (July to
December) and, Even Semester (January to June). Each of the two semesters
shall ordinarily consist of about fifteen weeks which shall include the mid
semester and end semester examinations.
7.4 REGISTRATION
(a) Student eligible for admission in any year of the programs must get
registered in the first week of August, or as notified in the Academic
calendar by completing the necessary formalities as notified by the
university/ college.
(b) Notwithstanding the rules for promotion as per Clause 13 student shall not
be permitted to register himself/herself in an even semester unless he/she
was a registered student of the previous odd semester and had pursued the
program of that semester as a regular student. However promotion from
odd semester to even semester shall be automatic irrespective of the result
of odd semester.
(c) In each semester a last date shall be fixed and notified in the beginning of
the semester, after which admission/re-admission/promotion/registration
shall not be ordinarily made.
(d) A student, who has been registered in an odd semester of any part, shall
pursue in that semester the regular lecture, tutorials, sessional marks,
Laboratory examination etc as mentioned in clause 7 and after satisfying
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the condition of attendance the student will be allowed to appear in the end
semester examination at the end of each semester. He/she can appear in the
mid semester tests as per the clause 10 and after satisfying such other
conditions laid down in these Ordinances, he/she shall be eligible to appear
in- Test/Examination on such dates as may be fixed by the
University/college/Department.
(e) In case of re-admission a student must be a registered student in the
previous year in the same class.
8.1 A student shall be deemed to have pursued a regular course of study (in a
subject) during each semester, and he/she has attended at least 75 percent
classes and there is no negative report against him/her, i. e. he/she has not
been debarred from attending the classes and appearing in the examination
due to some serious misconduct. It is provided that the Head/Dean/
Dean/Principal of the concerned department/faculty/college may condone
shortage of percentage in attendance not exceeding 15 percent in each
subject due to one or more of the following reasons, involving absence
from the classes.
8.2 For the purpose of the above ordinance, a subject shall be deemed to be
borne on the list of subjects laid down in the prospectus of the examination
concerned and shall consist of such paper or group of papers and the
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practical, workshop practice, etc. in each of which or a group of which a
candidate is required to pass separately.
8.3 Attendance verification form forwarded through Dean/Head/Principal
should be submitted with End Semester Examination forms.
8.4 The Academic Council/ Vice Chancellor shall have power to condone any
deficiency of attendance for cogent reasons.
9.2 There shall be nine Letter Grades, the first seven (O, A+, A, B+, B, C, P,)
are Pass Grades whereas the (F) stands for Fail Grade and the last one the
ab denotes that the students was absent in the examination. The following
table gives the correlation between the Letter Grades, the Grade points
assigned to them, the ranges of marks percentages to decide them and also
description of their merits.
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Ab ------ absent
10. EXAMINATION:
For each subject there shall be one written End Semester Examination (of not less
than 3 hrs. duration for subjects having credits 3 or more and of only 2 hours
duration for subjects having credits 2). For sessional marks, there shall be one
mid semester written tests (of 1 hour duration) of 20 marks to be conducted by
the college.
The weightage of different elements shall be as follows:
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Total 25 marks
Note:
a. Student without getting registration shall not be allowed to attend the
classes. Even if a Student attends the regular classes/ Mid Semester Exams/
End Semester Examination without registration then in that academic year
his/her candidature will be treated as null and void and such student will
not have any right to claim for Attendance benefits /Mid Semester marks
/End Semester Marks /End Semester Lab Examination.
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c. The eligibility criteria for suitability for sitting in examination will be
decided by HoD / Principal on the basis of qualifying criteria for promotion
laid down at clause 13.2.
(b) Practical subjects: Marks
(i) Sessional Marks 25
(ii) End Sem. Practical Exam 75
Total Marks 100
(a) Sessional Marks shall be awarded as per following scheme:
Marks
(2) Lab Performance/Demonstration 15
(3) Lab Record 5
(4) Viva-voce and/ or Quiz 5
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Total 25
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(b) Marks of End Semester Lab Examinations:
i. Write up /theory work 20
ii. Viva 25
iii. Execution/Performance/Demonstration 30
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Total 75
There shall be back paper examinations preferably with regular exams for those
students, who have got back papers. The student would have an option to appear
in back exams in those subjects in which candidate have got back in part-I, II &
III yearly results. However, a special back paper examination shall be conducted
for final year students for the papers of final year only.
Sum of (Credits x Grade points) for all the Subjects of the semester
SGPA=
Sum of (Credits) for all the Subjects of the semester
(b) A student shall be considered to have passed the Semester if he/she has
obtained pass Grade in each subject of the Semester Program. To pass a
paper the sum of the sessional marks and end semester marks scored should
be 35% or more of the total/maximum marks.
(d) A student who has satisfied the conditions laid down in clause 13.2 (g) (i)
and clause 7.4 who has pursued the course of the odd semester, shall be
automatically promoted to the even semester irrespective of whether he/she
passes or fails in the odd semester examination.
Sum of (Credits x Grade points) for all the Subjects of odd and even
semesters of the part
YGPA=
Sum of (Credits) for all the Subjects of odd and even semesters of
the part
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(b) A student shall be considered to have PASSED the part if he/she has passed
each semester as per clause 13.1 and has secured an YGPA equal to or
greater than the minimum prescribed below:
Minimum YGPA required for passing the part
Part I, II& III : 4.0
(c) A student can be promoted to next part (academic year) if he/she fulfills
the above condition of YGPA as per clause 13.2(b) and if fails in up to the
maximum of FOUR PAPERS (including both semester of that
part/year) only. The paper, in which a student is fail, shall be considered
as back paper. However, in no case a student having back paper in
more than four papers can be promoted to next year. He/she can be
promoted to final year even if he/she has cumulative back papers up to
four subjects (in parts I&II) including theory and practicals.
(d) In case of year back, he/she can take readmission by paying approved
tuition fees in same year/part after the recommendation of concerned
HoD/ Dean/ Principal.
ii. He/she can opt to pass the subjects in which he/she has failed. He/she can
choose some other subjects to improve his/her grades.
iii. In both the above cases he/she can opt to retain sessional marks of previous
year. He can attend classes of the subjects for which he has registered and
opt for new sessional marks in these subjects, subject to availability of
teachers.
iv. However, in no case, he/she will have the option of combination of old and
new sessional marks of the registered subjects. Undertaking to this effect
of his/her choice/option will have to be submitted at the time of
registration.
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fails to clear them in the next year also, the result shall be declared indicating the
Grace & he/she shall not be entitled for honours. However the facilities of Grace
shall be available to only those students who have secured appropriate YGPA for
passing that particular part i.e. YGPA 4.0 or more for I, II& III years and CGPA
4.0 or more. The Grace marks shall not be counted for calculation of
Grade/SGPA/YGPA/DGPA.
ii. A student shall be promoted to next part if he/she has obtained a minimum
YGPA of 4.0 in Part I & II with maximum allowed carryovers of 4 back
papers in the previous parts (as per clause 13.2 (c)
iii. In such cases the new grade(s) obtained by the student will replace the old
grade(s)
(g) Passing the degree program:
i. At the end of Part-III of the program a student who has PASSED Part-I,
Part-II, Part-III of degree program, shall be awarded a cumulative Grade
Point Average (CGPA) which shall be calculated as follows.
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Illustration for SGPA
Semester 5 Semester 6
Credit : Credit : 25
26 SGPA: 8.0
SGPA:6.
3
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iii. Student shall be considered to have passed the Program if he/she has passed
Part-I, Part-II, Part-III of the program and has obtained a CGPA of 4.0 or
more.
iv. A student shall be declared to have failed in the part, if he/she fails to fulfill
the above conditions.
The failed student shall have an option to repeat Part, provided he/she has
not exceeded the maximum period as mentioned in clause (h).
CGPA RESULT
(a). 8.0 and above, provided he/she Passed in First Division with Honors
has Passed all the Parts in a single
attempt
(b). 6.0 and above, but excluding (a) Passed in First Division
(c). 5.0 and above, but less than 6.0 Passed in Second Division
(d) 4.0 and above but less than 5.0 Passed in third Division
(d). Below 4.0 Failed
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iii. In addition, the Grade Card of the Final Semester of Part-IV shall show the
YGPAs of all the lower Parts of the program. The grade card will also
indicate the number of attempts taken to pass and grace marks, if any.
iv. Each Grade Card shall also contain the following information. Table giving
the correspondence between Grades, Grade Points and their relative merits.
The Grade of Final Semester of Part-III shall also contain the formula for
CGPA; i.e.
i. For every theory and every practical subject there shall be a coordinator,
who shall be responsible for conduct of regular classes, examinations and
evaluation of student performance in the course.
iii. If a course is being taught by more than one teacher, the course coordinator
shall be responsible to coordinate the complete examination work including
the normalization of the result.
iv. A maximum of 50% of the theory papers should be set by internal paper
setters (teachers). In case of non-availability of external paper this
condition may be relaxed.
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ii. On receipt of the fee prescribed for the examination the Principal of the
college/ Head of Department, as the case may be shall verify the
examination form and approve accordingly. The whole process shall be
online. Once the examination forms are approved, the Examination
Controller shall allow the issue of admit card. Based on that admit card the
student shall be entitled to appear in the examination.
18. INTERPRETATION
If any question arises as to the interpretation of these Regulations, the same shall
be decided by the Council. The Council shall have the power to issue clarification
to remove any doubt which may arise in regard to implementation of these
Regulations.
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