<p>A decision to this effect was taken at the BU’s Academic Council meeting convened on Thursday. The decision was unanimously endorsed to introduce the grading system for two years on an experimental basis. <br /><br />As per the system, a student will not be allotted marks that they used to get earlier but they will be given grades based on their performance in tests conducted for skill, knowledge, and an overall understanding of the course. <br /><br />While an outstanding performance will be converted into an 'A' grade, 'B' grade will denote 'very good', ‘C’ is 'good', ‘D’ 'satisfactory' and ‘F’ 'poor/unsatisfactory'. A few strings, however, will be attached to the scheme. <br /><br />The grades will neither be converted into marks nor they be mentioned in the marks cards. But the marks being allotted under IA at present are added to student's score in theory. Also, the performance (pass/class/rank/distinction/marks, etc) of a student will be decided solely on theory marks, however, grades will not be mentioned in the markscards. <br /><br />The issue came to fore when the BU received complaints on the ‘apparent misuse’ of the IA marks. While some colleges were resorting to an 'unhealthy' competition in allotment of IA marks for attracting students, others grappled with unmanageable student-teacher ratio resulting in distortion of the marks. <br /><br />Abolish IA marks<br /><br />Following this, a committee, chaired by Registrar (Administration) R M Ranganath recommended for abolishing the IA marks in total. But at its last meeting on August 28, the Council resolved to further probe the matter before taking a decision. <br /><br />Acting on this, a seven-member sub-committee, chaired by Ranganath gave its nod for the grading system. <br /><br />KG Lokesh, one of the members of the Sub-committee, said that the new proposal was aimed at achieving a 'golden' mean between two extreme of retaining IA marks and abolishing them.<br /><br /> “It's a scientific system and doesn't disturb the guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on the continuous evaluation system,” he told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />What it means <br /><br />*Students of all UG and PG courses of BU will not be allotted Internal Assessment marks. Instead, there will be grades based on their performance <br /><br />*Such grades can neither be converted into marks nor mentioned in the markscards <br /><br />*A student’s performance (pass/class/rank/distinction/marks, etc) will be judged solely on marks; grades will not be considered. <br /><br />*This is to check misuse of IA marks </p>
<p>A decision to this effect was taken at the BU’s Academic Council meeting convened on Thursday. The decision was unanimously endorsed to introduce the grading system for two years on an experimental basis. <br /><br />As per the system, a student will not be allotted marks that they used to get earlier but they will be given grades based on their performance in tests conducted for skill, knowledge, and an overall understanding of the course. <br /><br />While an outstanding performance will be converted into an 'A' grade, 'B' grade will denote 'very good', ‘C’ is 'good', ‘D’ 'satisfactory' and ‘F’ 'poor/unsatisfactory'. A few strings, however, will be attached to the scheme. <br /><br />The grades will neither be converted into marks nor they be mentioned in the marks cards. But the marks being allotted under IA at present are added to student's score in theory. Also, the performance (pass/class/rank/distinction/marks, etc) of a student will be decided solely on theory marks, however, grades will not be mentioned in the markscards. <br /><br />The issue came to fore when the BU received complaints on the ‘apparent misuse’ of the IA marks. While some colleges were resorting to an 'unhealthy' competition in allotment of IA marks for attracting students, others grappled with unmanageable student-teacher ratio resulting in distortion of the marks. <br /><br />Abolish IA marks<br /><br />Following this, a committee, chaired by Registrar (Administration) R M Ranganath recommended for abolishing the IA marks in total. But at its last meeting on August 28, the Council resolved to further probe the matter before taking a decision. <br /><br />Acting on this, a seven-member sub-committee, chaired by Ranganath gave its nod for the grading system. <br /><br />KG Lokesh, one of the members of the Sub-committee, said that the new proposal was aimed at achieving a 'golden' mean between two extreme of retaining IA marks and abolishing them.<br /><br /> “It's a scientific system and doesn't disturb the guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) on the continuous evaluation system,” he told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />What it means <br /><br />*Students of all UG and PG courses of BU will not be allotted Internal Assessment marks. Instead, there will be grades based on their performance <br /><br />*Such grades can neither be converted into marks nor mentioned in the markscards <br /><br />*A student’s performance (pass/class/rank/distinction/marks, etc) will be judged solely on marks; grades will not be considered. <br /><br />*This is to check misuse of IA marks </p>
