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Discussion on completion of portions to match the examination schedule ensures that
all faculty members teaching the same paper are on par with each other.

*Evaluation schedule: The College calendar announces the dates for internal
assignments, mark entry and end-semester examinations. This enables both teachers
and students to plan their work. Upon discussion with faculty, the HOD makes
question-paper setting allotments, prepares schemes of evaluation and the list of
evaluators, all of which are given to the COE. The COE announces the dates of BOE
meetings. The BOEs, which include external examiners, review the question papers
for moderation, if required, content and grammatical errors, scheme of evaluation and
allotment of marks. All members attending the meeting together finalize the papers
after making corrections in the soft copy, after which the papers are ratified by the
BOE, with the final document carrying the signatures of all the members.
The examination schedule, with invigilators list and non-teaching staff duties, is
prepared by the COE‘s office well in advance and put up on the notice-board. The
elaborate arrangements ensure that the evaluation process is conducted in the best
possible manner.
Once a paper of the end-semester exam is conducted, teachers listed in the BOE,
submitted to the COE earlier, can begin valuation. This list contains both internal and
external evaluators. The answer booklets are bar-coded, ensuring that the student‘s
identity is protected. After evaluation, a review is carried out and the marks are
entered immediately using ERP software. This ensures faultless and speedy entry of
marks. With the cooperation of faculty, the College is able to complete the entire
evaluation within ten days for undergraduate papers and in about a fortnight for
postgraduate papers. The results are announced on the College website within ten
days of the conduct of the undergraduate examination. For the postgraduate courses,
this process takes about twenty days due to the system of double valuation, which
involves external examiners.

2.3.2 Does the College provide course outlines and course schedules prior to the
commencement of the academic session? If yes, how is the effectiveness of the
process ensured?

 The various departments finalise the syllabus along with the course-specific
objectives, reading lists and evaluation pattern after the BOS meetings. The syllabus
is then posted on the College website.
 The College website hosts details of all courses. The availability of the syllabus
online ensures that the students take up a course with full knowledge of the rigour
involved.
 Subject teachers discuss the outline of the syllabus in class to familiarise students
with the subject. Students are made aware of the syllabus available online. Till a
few years ago, a printed copy of this was given to students but this practice was
discontinued once computer-use became routine for all students.
 Students track the completion of syllabus, ensuring that they too are involved in the
teaching-learning process.

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