Exam

Exam Schedule

Conduct of Comprehensive Examinations

All comprehensive examinations (Theory and practical) shall be conducted twice a year, in November/December and in April/May. All failed candidates shall be governed by the regulations and syllabus in force at the time of their subsequent appearances. Students having a minimum of 75% of attendance in the practical classes alone will be eligible to submit their record note books and appear for both the CA and CE practical examinations. Students shall be permitted to appear for the practical examinations only with the submission of bonafide records.

Classification of Successful Candidates

Undergraduate

Candidates who have passed Tamil / Hindi / French / Other courses approved and secured the marks.

  • 60 percent and above
  • 50 percent and above but below 60 percent in the examinations prescribed for the programme in the various semesters and within THREE years from the dates of admission shall be declared to have passed their examinations in First Class and Second Class respectively. All other successful candidates shall be declared t have passed the examinations in Third class.

Likewise, candidates who have passed the examinations prescribed for English shall be declared to have passed English in First, Second and Third Classes.

Vocational Programme

Candidates who have passed all the Part – III Examinations in FIRST ATTEMPT within his / her study period of 3 years in UG except BVoc, securing 90% and above and 75% to 89.99% in aggregate of Part-III shall be declared to have passed the Part- III examinations of UG in I CLASS AND OUTSTANDING and I CLASS WITH DISTINCTION respectively.

For BVoc, candidates who have passed all the Part-III examinations in FIRST ATTEMPT within his/her study period of 3 years, securing 95% and above and 75% to 94.99% in aggregate of Part-III shall be declared to have passed the Part-III examinations of BVoc in I CLASS AND OUTSTANDING and I CLASS WITH DISTINCTION respectively. Candidates who have passed the subjects of Part III examinations in various programmes securing the marks.

  • 60 percent and above
  • 50 percent and above but below 60 percent.

In the examinations prescribed for the programmes in the various semesters and within FOUR years from the dates of admission shall be declared to have passed the subjects – unit examinations in First Class and Second Class respectively.

All other successful candidates shall be declared to have passed the subjects unit examinations in Third Class.

Post Graduate

Candidates who have passed all the subjects of Examinations in FIRST ATTEMPT within his/her study period stipulated for the programme and securing 90% and above and 75% to 89.00% in aggregate marks shall be declared to have passed the examinations in I CLASS AND OUTSTANDING and I CLASS WITH DISTINCTION respectively. Candidates who have passed the subjects of examinations in various programmes securing the marks

  • 60 percent and above
  • 50 percent and above but below 60 percent

In the examinations prescribed for the programme in the various semesters shall be declared to have passed the subjects unit examinations in First class and Second Class respectively.

Facility to Qualify in Extra Subjects

Candidates desirous of qualifying themselves in subjects other than those prescribed for the programmes can appear for the Comprehensive Examinations in those extra subjects with prior permission. Attendance is not compulsory for those subjects. The performance of the candidates in those extra subjects will not be taken into account for classification of major and supporting subjects.

Facility to Write CE in English / Tamil

Students of Undergraduate classes have the liberty to write their comprehensive examinations either in English or Tamil. A student who wishes to write the examination in Tamil shall attach a letter to that effect with his application form and submit the same at the time of remittance of examination fees. Request for change to write in Tamil after remitting the examination fees will not be entertained. Postgraduate students are not permitted to write their examinations in Tamil.

Rules to be Observed in the Examination Halls

Students will not be permitted for examination after 30 minutes from the commencement of examination. Students shall not leave the hall within half an hour from the commencement of the Comprehensive Examination. Copying inside the hall is strictly prohibited. Anyone found copying will be punished in accordance with the rules mentioned below. Students are expected to maintain strict silence in the Examination Hall.

Malpractices in Comprehensive Examinations : Penalties

The following will be the penalties for mal practices in Comprehensive examinations

Category – I

  • Scribbling on the question paper, writing sessional marks in the answer script and requesting for a pass or writing an appeal to the examiner coupled with promise of any form of consideration. Penalty Applies for Sl. No. 1: The candidate indulge in the above will be served with a warning that recurrence will attract severe punishments.

Category – II

  • Candidate found in possession of mobile phone / electronic gadgets or the material written in the form of printed / Xeroxed / cyclostyled / hand written on paper, cloth, scale, furniture etc., but not found to have copied from that above.
  • Candidates leaving the hall within half an hour from the commencement of examination, with or without question / answer paper.
  • Candidates being abetted by the another candidate but not in possession of any incriminating materials / and not made use of it in the examinations Penalty applies for Sl. No. 2, 3, & 4: The particular examination taken by the candidate stands cancelled and he/she will not be permitted to write rest of the examinations of that semester, including supplementary and additional subjects. However the result of the examinations wri†en prior to that date of malpractice will be published.

Category – III

  • Candidates found copying from the mobile phone / electronic gadgets or other incriminating materials owned or written on hand etc, or borrowed in the form of printed / xeroxed / cyclostyled / handwritten or in any other means ie. Written on paper, cloth, scale, furniture or answer book of another candidate etc.
  • Candidate knocking away his / her own or any other candidates answer scripts from the table.
    Penalty Applies for Sl. No. 5 & 6 : The particular examination taken by the candidate and the examinations taken prior to the date of malpractice stand cancelled and he/she will not be permitted to write the rest of the examinations, if any, in that semester, including supplementary / additional subjects of examinations.

Category – IV

  • Inserting previously written answer sheets brought from outside, aiding or assisting for copying from additional book pilfered already or passing on written bits for copying.
  • Candidate refusing to accompany the Hall Superintendent or to the Principal on account of his / her malpractice of exhibiting verbal resistance inside or outside the examination hall or running out of the hall with or without the answer paper or script.
  • Candidate knocking away the question or answer papers from the Chief Superintendent / Hall Superintendent or any other official who possesses them.
  • Candidate employing somebody to write examinations (case of impersonation), if such person happens to be our College student.
  • Candidate employing some outside person or o l d student to write examination in his/her place (case of impersonation).
  • Candidate threatening or abusing or showing physical resistance to the invigilators or any other College personnel or exhibiting insubordinate behavior inside or outside the examination hall
  • Candidate manhandling / assaulting / causing physical injury to the Chief Superintendent / Hall Superintendents / any other officials connected with the examination.
  • Candidates committing forgery either prior or during the examination. Penalty applies for Sl.No. 7-14 The particular examination taken by the candidate & the examinations taken prior to the date of malpractice stand cancelled and he / she will not be permitted to write the rest of the examinations, if any, in that semester. Also he/she will be debarred from writing the next semester examinations that follow, including supplementary / additional subject of examinations. Though the above penalties are stipulated for various malpractice cases, it is left to the discretion of the Examination Committee to affirm, reduce and enhance the penalty depending upon the nature of malpractice.