EXAMINATION SYSTEM

EXAMINATIONS (as per TNAU Rules & Regulations)

 The Examination schedule approved by the Dean and the Controller of Examinations for the mid-semester and final examinations, respectively, shall be final.

7.1  Mid Semester Examination:

Mid-semester examination will be conducted on the 52nd working day of semester. The mid semester examinations are to be conducted in the regular classes. The mid-semester examination mark list should reach the office of the Controller of Examinations within fifteen days from the date of conduct of mid. semester examination.

7.2  Missing Mid Semester Examination:

There will be no missing tests for mid semester examinations. If absent for the mid-semester examination, the student will be awarded ‘’0’’ marks for mid-semester. However, the student is permitted to continue attending the classes and write the final practical and final theory examinations (148 AC).

7.3  Final Theory Examination:

The final theory examinations are to be conducted after the 105 working days of the semester. Mess dues should be cleared before final theory exams and clearance certificate should be produced for receiving hall tickets.

Exam pattern and Duration (as approved in 149th AC) Examination Schedule 

Examination	Working day as per the academic calendar
Mid semester	52nd working day
Practical examination	91st working day
Final theory examination	After 105 working day

Regular exams 

Distribution of marks and exam durations
Exam	1+1/2+1 courses	1+0/2+0 courses	0+1/0+2 courses
Mid semester	20 (MCQ)(1 hour)	40 (MCQ)(1½ hours)	40 (MCQ)(1½ hours)
Practical	40 (2½ hours)	–	60 (2½ hours)
Final theory	40 (2½ hours)	60 (3 hrs)	–
Total	100	100	100

Mid Semester examination – Paper/OMR sheets (Multiple Choice Question) Final Theory Examination – Paper mode (Descriptive)

Reappearance exams – Only MCQ-OMR mode 

Exam	1+1/2+1 courses	1+0/2+0 courses	0+1/0+2 courses
Theory	60 (MCQ) (2½ hours)	100(MCQ) (3 hours)	–
Practical	40 (2½ hours)	–	100 (2½ hours)
Total	100	100	100

Question pattern

 The mid-semester and reappearance examination will be based only on multiple choice questions to the written on paper/ OMR sheets and final theory examinations will have short notes, paragraph and descriptive type questions.

7.4  Practical Examination:

The practical examination will be conducted on the last practical class of the courses. The Dean of Colleges will announce the schedule of final practical examinations. The Controller of Examinations, based on the proposal sent by the Deans concerned, will nominate and approve the external examiner and the course teacher shall be the internal examiner.

For affiliated colleges, the external examiners will be nominated by the Controller of Examinations.

In case if internal / nominated external examiner for practical examination could not conduct the examination, then the Dean concerned shall nominate an alternative examiner to conduct practical examination in anticipation of approval by the Controller of Examinations. Submission of bona fide practical records certified by the Course Teacher is a pre-requisite for appearing in the practical examinations failing which ‘F’ grade will be awarded. The duration of practical examination shall be two and a half hours. The practical marks should be communicated to the Controller of Examinations within 10 days of the last working day of the Semester.

Guidelines:

 Wherever experiments, identification or case studies are not possible as per course curricula, the question pattern may be modified by the Course Teacher (Internal examiner) and the pattern should be well informed to students in advance before the conduct of the exam. The same shall be informed to the External Examiner also before the start of the practical examination.

7.5.   If a student has more than 80% attendance but fails to write Practical Examination,

`F’ grade will be awarded. Similarly, if a student fails to score a minimum of 50% marks in

practical examination (20 out of 40 in a theory plus practical course) or 60 out of 100 marks in a practical only course, F grade will be awarded. In that case, the student has to appear for the reappearance practical examination.

• Postponement of Final Examination: Whenever the Government declares common state holidays on the dates of final examinations or under exigencies, the examination that falls on the particular date will be postponed to the date after the last examination of the original examination Changes, if any, will be notified by the Controller of Examinations, TNAU.

07.  Re-appearance and Improvement Examinations:

 8.1 Students are permitted to register and write the reappearance examination as and when conducted with the permission of Deans/Principals of Colleges. Re-appearance fee of Rs.500/- per exam is to be paid online on or before the prescribed date. 8.1.1. Reappearance Examinations

A student is permitted to write either theory alone or practical alone or both the theory and practical part reappearance examination for the failed subjects. A student is permitted to write reappearance examination for the failed subjects any number of times within n+4 years duration excluding the regular final examination. The registration for the re-appearance shall be done on the date specified by the Controller of Examinations. Each registration is considered as an attempt even if the student is absent for the reappearance examination. Marks obtained in the latest theory / practical examination will be retained for processing of results, when the student is opting for practical alone or theory alone part of reappearance examination, respectively.

Reappearance examination will be applicable to industry and institutional educational tours, RAWE, agro industrial tie-up Programms, crop production and non – gradial compulsory courses if the student is having required attendance.

8.1.2. Improvement examinations

 Only those students, who have cleared all the courses but having an OGPA of less than 6.50, alone are eligible to write improvement examination. A student opting for improvement is required to write both final theory and practical examinations for the same course. In case if a student fails to secure higher grade point in the improvement examination, the original grade point secured by the student in regular examination will be taken for grading. Improvement examination will not be applicable to industry and institutional educational tours, RAWE, agro industrial tie-up Programms and crop production. Students opting for improvement examination,

has to take up the concerned reappearance examination when called for by registering and paying the fee applicable for reappearance examination.

8.2.0 Skipping of course(s) and semester is not permitted in any case

 If the student fails to accomplish the attendance (E grade) residential requirement of course(s) in a semester, he/she is not permitted to continue the subsequent semester(s).

8.2.1.  If a student is awarded “E” grade only in one course (I and II semester)

 If the student lacks attendance i.e. <80% (“E” grade) only in one course (1+1 / 2+1 / 1+0/ 2+0 / 1+2) in a semester, he/she may be permitted to register the next/subsequent semester along with his/her batch upto IV semester.

The E grade course should be re-registered as and when offered for the juniors and complete by the end of the IV semester.

This additional E course should be accommodated in his/her semester timetable with maximum credit limit of 27.

If the student is awarded E grade in more than one course (I and II semester)

 If the student lacks attendance i.e. < 80% in two or more courses, he/she is not permitted to register next/ subsequent semester with his/her batches. Instead he/she should re-register the E grade courses as and when offered along with junior and continue the studies with the junior batch.

8.2.2.  If a student is awarded “E” grade only in one course (III and IV semester)

 If the student lacks attendance i.e. <80% (“E” grade) only in one course (1+1/ 2+1 /1+0/2+0 /1+2) in a semester, he/she may be permitted to register the next/subsequent semester along with his/her batch upto VI semester.

The E grade course should be re-registered as and when offered for the juniors and complete by the end of the VI semester.

This additional E course should be accommodated in his/her semester timetable with maximum credit limit of 27.

8.2.3.  If the student is awarded E grade in more than one course (III and IV semester)

 If the student lacks attendance i.e. < 80% in two or more courses, he/she is not permitted to register next/ subsequent semester along with his/her batch. Instead he/she should re-register the E grade courses as and when offered along with junior and continue the studies with the junior batch.

8.2.4.  If a student is awarded “E” grade in V and VI semester

 If the student has one or two pending courses of fifth and sixth semester, he/she may be permitted to continue seventh semester till there is no change in the existing courses of VII semester (RAWE, tour, and project work). The student may be permitted to register the pending courses of fifth and sixth semesters in the VIII semester not exceeding 27 credits, following the 105 working days pattern. For reappearance exams, the rule enforced by the Controller of Examinations from time to time will be applicable. However, if the student has obtained E grade in all the subjects of V or VI semester, he/she cannot register the VII or VIII semester along with his/her batch.

• If pending courses in V or VI semester courses when combined with and VIII semester courses exceeds 27 credits the excess courses are to be registered with junior batch as and when
• Students are permitted to register the VIII semester, if failed to register/ complete VII semester courses with only student READY courses (like RAWE and All India Study Tour) owing to genuine reasons and proper permission from Dean/ Principal. There shall not be pending courses in the I to VI semesters (149 AC)

• The minimum Grade Point to be secured for a pass in a course is 00 out of 10.00, a total of 60 Marks out of 100.
• Students are permitted to apply revaluation of final theory answer script, only if the total of all marks scored (mid semester + practical + final theory) is 50 and above, and the difference between marks scored and required pass mark (60) is 10 or less than 10 (149 AC). Only failed students are eligible to apply for revaluation of final theory answer
• A maximum grace mark of 1.0, applicable to theory or practical or total, is awarded to students, if required, to pass an examination as under para 8.3 provided the student should have secured 50 % mark in both theory and practical separately, after awarding grace mark (148th AC).
• As per the 149th AC, apart from the grace mark of 1.0 given for individual course in any semester/ reappearance examination, an additional grace mark of 1.00 will be given at the end of the degree program if he/she is not able to complete the degree program for want of one marks in only one subject of the entire
• A student has to maintain a minimum OGPA of 6.50 out of 10.00 and pass all the courses and complete the credit requirements as per the applicable syllabus at the end of final year (8th semester) to become eligible for the award of degree within n+n years (Eg. For UG program of 4 years duration, within 8 years).