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ASSESSMENT & PROMOTION RULES AMENDED 2006

FOR DIPLOMA IN COMMERCE ([Link]) /
DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (D.B.A)

Definitions:

Boards: Means the Board of Technical Education in Pakistan.

Institutions: Means Institutes Affiliated with the Boards offering [Link] / D.B.A
Courses.
Principal: Means the Head of Institution affiliated with the Boards.
Course: Means the subject comprising theory and practical components or any
one of them prescribed in the scheme of studies of [Link] / D.B.A.
Scheme Means a table for [Link]/D.B.A showing the number of courses, their
of Studies: names, the number of hours allocated per week to theory and
practical and marks assigned thereto.
Theory: Means that part of a course, which is based on cognitive abilities.
Practical: Means that part of course which falls under psycho motive domain
and involves all activities carried out in the laboratory.

Assessment and Promotion Rules

1. The Diploma in Commerce Examination / Diploma in Business Administration

Examination, under the administrative control of the Board of Technical
Education, will be conducted Part Wise. The 1 st & 2nd Year will be called as
[Link] / D.B.A Part-I and [Link] / D.B.A Part-II respectively.
2. Under the Part System Examination of [Link] / D.B.A of certain subjects
will be called as paper-I and paper-II.
3. The [Link] / D.B.A Part-I & Part-II examination will be held twice a year on
annual basis on such dates and such places as determined by the Board
from time to time and will be opened to those candidates who are eligible to
appear in these examination under the Board’s promotion rules. The two
examinations will be termed as annual and supplementary examination
respectively.
4. The examination of Islamic Studies will be conducted in [Link] / D.B.A Part-I
and that of Pakistan Studies in [Link] / D.B.A Part-II.
5. The candidate failing in more than four subjects in [Link] / D.B.A Part-I
examination will not be promoted to [Link] / D.B.A Part-II. He / she will be
allowed to appear as a private candidate in the failing subjects in the
forthcoming three consecutive examinations . If he / she does not pass the
failing subjects in these three consecutive examinations, he / she has to
reappear as a whole.
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6. Total marks in [Link] / D.B.A Part-I will be 600 and [Link] / D.B.A Part-II
will also be 600.
7. For passing [Link] / D.B.A Part-I and Part-II, it will be compulsory to secure
40% Marks in each subject (both Theory and Practical if any).
8. To qualify a subject it will be compulsory to pass both theory and practical
paper, if any, separately. A candidate failing in any paper i.e. theory or
practical will be considered fail in that subject.

9. Eligibility for [Link] / D.B.A Part-I

(A). Regular Students

[Link]/D.B.A Part-I examination shall be opened to a candidate who:

(i). Has passed Secondary School Certificate examination of a
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education in Pakistan,
at least in “E” Grade, (Overall) having no “F” in the compulsory
subject, and he / she has to pass the subjects having “F” in the
supplementary examination otherwise his / her admission will
be cancelled.
OR
Any other examination recognized as equivalent to the
aforesaid examination.
(ii). Has been enrolled in an institute recognized by Boards of
Technical Education, during an academic year preceding
examination.
(iii). Has his / her name submitted, on the prescribed form to the
Controller of Examination, by the Head of Institution he / she
has most recently attended, and properly registered with the
B.T.E.
(iv). Has submitted his / her admission form along with the
prescribed fee to the Board by the date fixed by the Board /
Chairman.
(v). Has paid late fee, as prescribed by the Board, if his / her
admission forms or fee or both are received in the Board’s
Office after the last date fixed by the Board for the submission
of admission form and fee.
(vi). Has been registered to the Board, in the manner laid down,
has submitted his / her prescribed examination form complete
in all respect with the prescribed fee to the Board by dates as
fixed for the purpose and in a manner prescribed by the
Board. Such candidates has affixed on his / her admission
form, requisite attested copies of his / her recent photograph
dully attested by the Principal.
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(vii). Produced the following certificates, signed by the Head of

Institution he / she has most recently attended:
a) of good character
b) of having satisfactorily performed the work of the class
throughout the academic year preceding the examination.
c) of having attended not less than:
i) 80% of the full course of prescribed lectures in each
of the subject, which he / she has taken up for study.
ii) 80 % of periods assigned to practical work in a
subject having practical.
(viii). If a student of [Link] / D.B.A Part-I is restricted from the
institute / college due to some penalty will be ineligible to
appear in the B.T.E Examination during the period.

(B). Late Students

(i). [Link] / D.B.A examination shall also be opened to

ex-students provided they have completed two years course
as regular student in an affiliated Institution.
(ii). Every late-student as a candidate shall submit his / her
application for admission to examination on the prescribed
form, complete in all respect, and remit the prescribed fee to
the Board by the date fixed by the Chairman.
(iii). The candidates shall have to pay late fee, as prescribed by the
Board, if their admission forms or fees or both are received in
the Board’s Office after the last date fixed by the Board for the
submission of admission form and fee.
(iv). Every late-student / candidate having been registered with the
Board, in the manner laid down, shall submit his / her
application for admission to the examination on the prescribed
form, complete in all dates as fixed for the purpose and in a
manner prescribed by the Board. Such candidate shall submit
along with application form for examination the requisite
attested copies of recent photograph duly attested by the
Principal.

10. Attendance Rules:

(a) A candidate must have completed overall 80% of attendance in order
to be eligible to appear in the examination. The Principal of the
Institution can condone up to 10% attendance.
(b) If a candidate is short of the required percentage of attendance at the
time of submission of admission form and fee to the Board but it is
likely to make up the shortage in due course of time, the Head of
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Institute / College may sent up his / her admission form and fee
provisionally to the Board subject to confirmation when the candidate
actually makes up the shortage. In case the candidate is unable to
make up the shortage, the Principal of Institution shall withdraw his
candidature from the Controller of Examination not later than the
15th day before the commencement of examination.
(c) No examination form or fee shall be accepted unless it is routed
through the Principal concerned.
(d) Attendance shall be counted on the basis of total number of contact
hours, theory and practical, for prescribed lectures during an
academic session.
(e) If a candidate is officially sent to take part in some co-curricular
activities, his / her percentage of attendance will be counted on the
basis of a total attendance including the lesso n / practical missed
during the authorized absence.
(f) The detailed record of attendance shall be maintained by the
institution and produced for inspection to the Board or an inspection
team of senior officers as and when required.
(g) In Part-I of [Link] / D.B.A the candidates who suffer from the
shortage of attendance will be eligible to appear in annual
examination with the Part-II students only after their respective
Principals certify the making up of their shortage.
(h) In Part-II of [Link] / D.B.A the candidates suffering from shortage of
attendance will have to make up their shortage by joining classes with
the newly promoted students of [Link] / D.B.A Part-II, before the
commencement of the supplementary examination.

11. After the examination of [Link] / D.B.A Part-I the candidate will be issued
only result intimation letter and no pass certificate will be issued in any
case.
12. Pass Diploma will be issued after passing both Part-I and Part-II
examination.
13. Pass / Fail students in [Link] / D.B.A Part-I examination will not be
readmitted in any institution in the same course.
14. Migration:
(a) Migration from one affiliated institute to another affiliated institute
(Govt. / Private), where [Link] / D.B.A courses are being run, is
allowed provided he / she fulfills the Migration criteria of the Board.
(b) After passing [Link] / D.B.A Part-I examination candidate may be
allowed to appear in the [Link] / D.B.A Part-II examination of another
Board according to the prescribed course-outline, rules and
regulations of that Board.
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(c) For improvement of Grade / Marks a candidate will have to appear

as a whole only in the same Board from where he / she had taken
his / her earlier diploma within one year.

15. Eligibility for [Link] / D.B.A Part-II:

[Link] / D.B.A Part-II examination shall be opened to a candidate who:

(a) Has passed at least 3 subjects in [Link] / D.B.A Part-I examination in
appropriate group of subjects.
(b) Has been enrolled in a recognized Institute during the Academic year
preceding the examination.
(c) Has his / her name submitted to the Controller of examinations by the
head of the Institution he / she has most recently attended.
(d) Has paid late fee as prescribed by the Board, if his / her admission
forms or fees or both are received in the Board’s office after the last
date fixed by the Board for the submission of Admission form and fee.
(e) Has been registered with the Board in the manner laid down, has
submitted his / her application for admission to the controller of
examinations on the prescribed form, complete in all respect, with the
prescribed fee to the Board by the dates fixed for the purpose and in
a manner prescribed by the Board. Such candidate has submitted
along with application for examination requisite no. of attested copies
of his recent photograph duly attested by the Principal.
(f) Produces the following Certificates signed by the head of the
institution he / she has most recently attended:-
i) Of Good character.
ii) Of having satisfactory performed the work of the class
throughout the academic year preceding the examination.
iii) Of having attended not less than:
80% of the full course of lectures prescribed in each of
the subjects, which he / she has taken up for study.
80% of periods assigned to practical work in a subject
having practical.
(g) For compartment student of [Link] / D.B.A Part-I who has been
admitted as a regular student in [Link] / D.B.A Part-II, if Principal is
not satisfied with his / her academic performance during the year,
may send to the Board, his / her admission fee and form as a late
college student.
(h) If a student of [Link] / D.B.A Part-II is rusticated from the college due
to some penalty, will be ineligible to appear in the BTE examination
during the period.
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16. Requirements for the award of Diploma in [Link] / D.B.A Part-II:

(a) Full Course

To qualify for the award of the Diploma a candidate must pass
securing at least 40% marks in all subjects.

(b) Re-Appearance (Full Course)

A candidate failing in one or more subjects shall be allowed to appear
in those subjects only in a maximum three subsequent consecutive
examination (Annual / Supplementary).

(c) In case he / she fails to pass all the subjects in three consecutive
examinations, he / she will reappear in full course.

17. General Rules:

(a) Lectures / periods shall be counted from the beginning of the

academic session up to 15 days preceding the commencement of the
examination.
(b) If a candidate’s lectures / periods up to the date of submission of
examination admission form fall short of the required percentage, the
Head of the Institute may provisionally send up his / her examination
admission form to the Controller of examinations.
(c) In [Link] / D.B.A Part-II, the candidate suffering from shortage of
attendance will have to make up his / her shortage by joining classes
with the newly promoted students of [Link] / D.B.A Part-II before the
commencement of the supplementary examination.
(d) If a candidate is not short of the required percentage of lectures /
periods at the time of submission of examination admission form but
subsequently falls short of such percentage, the Head of Institute
shall report his / her name to the Controller of Examination at least 10
days before the commencement of the examination for the
cancellation of his / her candidature.
(e) Lectures / periods of failed candidates shall be counted from the 10 th
day of the re-opening of the Institute or the date of his rejoining an
institute which ever is earlier up to the 15 th day before the
commencement of examination.
(f) A candidate who has passed the [Link] / D.B.A Part-II examination
is allowed to appear at any subsequent examination by payment of
the prescribed fee in a subject or subjects not offered / passed by him
/ her previously. Such a candidate on obtaining pass marks in a
subject or subjects shall be granted a certificate to that effect.
(g) A candidate is allowed to improve his / her marks / grades. Such
candidate shall have to appear in all the subjects of [Link] / D.B.A
Part-I or [Link] / D.B.A Part-II or both as prescribed for the
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examination. The candidate will be given only one chance to improve

his / her grade / marks within two subsequent examinations counted
from the first appearance of Annual [Link] / D.B.A Part-II
examination.

18. Classification of Diploma:

Full Course
A candidate who has qualified Diploma in Commerce shall be placed in one
of the following grades:

Sr.
Marks Grade
No.
1. 80% or Above A+ Excellent
2. 70% & Below 80% A V-Good
3. 60% & Below 70% B Good
4. 50% & Below 60% C Fair
5. 40% & Below 50% D Satisfactory
6. Honors in individual subject 80% or more marks

(Engr. Zahir J. Paracha)

General Manger (Academics)

CC:

1. The Chairman TEVTA.

2. The Secretary TEVTA.
3. The General Manager (Ops).
4. The General Manager (F&A).
5. The Chairman PBTE.