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Course College [Link] % Deduction/ % Less

Requirement Relaxation ( + ) Women
[Link]. ApPhySc. A.R.S.D. 3%
IndChem
[Link]. ApPhySc. Deshbandhu 40% in Eng.
IndChem
Bsc ApPhySc. Rajdhani 5%
IndChem
BSc ApPhySc A.R.S.D. 3%
Elec
BSc ApPhySc Rajdhani 5%
Elec
BSc ApPhySc Ramjas 3%
Elec
BSc ApPhySc- D D UC 2%
CompSc
BSc ApPhySc- Deshbandhu 40% in Eng.
CompSc
BSc ApPhySc- Dyal Singh 3%
CompSc
BSc ApPhySc- Keshav Mahavidhalaya Phy.,Maths & Chem
CompSc /[Link].. + PM 1%
BSc ApPhySc- Kirori Mal PM + Chemistry/
CompSc Computer Sc.
BSc ApPhySc- Motilal Nehru Pass in English 5%
CompSc
BSc ApPhySc- Rajdhani 5%
CompSc
BSc ApPhySc- Shivaji 45% in English
CompSc
[Link]. (H) Rajguru College of 60% PCM/PCB
Food Tech. [Link].. (W)
[Link].(H) Rajguru College of 60% PCM
Elec [Link].. (W)
[Link].(H) Rajguru College of 60% PCM/PCB
Instrm. [Link].. (W)

University of Delhi offers non-formal stream of education through School

of Open Learning. The Courses Offered are B.A(Prog.), [Link](Prog.),
[Link](Hons.), B.A(Hons.) English and B.A(Hons.)Political Science

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APPENDIX - 3
ABOUT EXAMINATIONS

The University of Delhi reserves the right to make are given in the University Calendar available on the
alternation in its Academic Schedule and system University website ([Link]). The Examination
examinations at any stage in the duration of any or all Form can be deposited on or before the dates
of the progammes. prescribed at para 1.1.2.
1. Attendance: Subject to the provisions of Ordinance * Category ‘A’/Formal Stream – Courses are
VII, the candidates are required to attend not less conducted at the Departments and affiliated
than two third of theory and practical classes Colleges.
separately in all the subjects taken together held in
** Category ‘B’/Non-Formal Stream – Courses are
the College in each academic year. conducted by the School of Open Learning (SOL),
2. Submission of Examination Forms. Non-Collegiate Women Education Board (NCWEB)
and External Candidates Cell (ECC).
Candidates desiring to appear in the examination with
in the permitted span period and otherwise eligible are 3. Ordinance Related to Standing Committee
required to fill up the prescribed Examination Form. (Student)
The Standing Committee (Students) of the
(i) The Regular Students under the Formal Stream*
Academic Council has been constituted under Statute 11
of education (Category ‘A’*) can collect the
of the University to consider applications of students for
Examination Forms from their respective Colleges/
grant of exemption from the operation of any of the
Institutes. Such students are required to deposit the
Ordinances in exceptional cases in specific matters detailed
same along with the prescribed fee at their
in Ordinance X-C of the Ordinances of the University
respective Colleges, within the dates prescribed by
quoted below for ready reference :
their college.
The Academic Council may, in exceptional cases grant
(ii) The Ex-students (Students who have appeared & exemption from the operation of any of the Ordinances
failed to pass the examination) are required to collect governing admission of students, migration, the
their examination forms from the concerned section courses to be pursued by them, attendance at
of the Examination Branch and such students will be lectures or sessional or other work or the
required to submit the examination form, duly examination of candidates and authorize what is proper
completed in all respects and countersigned by the to be done instead in such cases, provided that no such
Principal of the concerned college at the concerned exemption and authority shall be deemed to have been
examination enquiry window for verification. After granted unless not less than two-thirds of the members
verification, the candidates would be required to present of the Academic Council voted in favour of the
deposit the examination fee with University Cashier motion for such exemption and authority made by, or with
and the Examination Form with the concerned the written authority of the Vice-Chancellor; and
window at the Examination Branch .
Provided further that this two-third majority voting for the
(iii) The students under Non-Formal Education Stream** exemption should not be less than half the total strength of
(Category-‘B’)** can obtain Examination Forms the Academic Council at the time.” Students who wish to
from School of Open Learning (SOL)/Non Collegiate avail any relief subject to the limitations stipulated under
Women Education Board (NCWEB) / External the above ordinance, may make their applications on the
Candidate Cell (ECC) prescribed form at an appropriate time duly recommended
by the respective Principal of College / Head of the
(iv) The students desirous of improving their performance Department / Institution. These application are required
in any paper as per the University Rules are required to be forwarded to the offices concerned of the University
to produce their original statement of marks along for processing them for consideration by the standing
with the Examination Form. The rules for the same committee (Students).

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4 Span Period

Ordinarily no student will be allowed to appear in the Examinations beyond the prescribed span period as given below :
[Link] Part III : Six years after admission to the first year class and five years after admission
to the II Year Class.
[Link]. Part III : Six years after admission to the first year class and five years after admission
to the II Year Class.
[Link] Part III : Six years after admission to the first year class and five years after admission
to the II Year Class.
[Link].(Hons.) Part III : Five years after admission to the first year class and Four years after
admission to the II Year Class.
[Link].(Hons.) Home Sc. : Five years after admission to the first year class.
[Link]. Home Sc. : Six years after admission to the first year class.
B.A.(H) & [Link].(H) : Five years after admission to the first year class and four years after admission
to the II Year Class.

5. Examination Schedule
Tentative schedule for holding various examinations is given below :

ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS :

i) Undergraduate Courses {Formal Stream/Category ‘A’} - First week of April.

ii) Undergraduate Courses{Non Formal Stream/Category ‘B’}
(a) Delhi Centres - Second week of May.
(b) Other than Delhi Centres - Third week of August.

6. Last Date for Submission of Examination Forms

Last Date for submission of Examination Forms for Annual Examinations without Penalty is :

For Annual Exams : 15th October

For Semaster Exams :
I / III / V Semester : 1st September
II / IV / VI Semester : 31st January

6. (A) Penality on late submission of Exam. Form

Rs. 25/- per day upto two months Subject a minimum Rs. 250/-. After two months Rs. 50/- per day

Note : The Examination Forms can also be submitted with late fees after the prescribed last dates. However,
no Examination Forms are accepted during the last 15 days before the respective examination.
7. Date sheets
The Examination Branch issues separate Date sheets for each under graduate courses/ category of students in
the month of February/March each year. Students should see the Date sheets according to her/his programme
(Degree), part (year) of programme, Year of her/his admission to Part I and her/his category, i.e. regular
students, Ex-students, School of Open Learning, Non Collegiate Women’s Education Board and External Candidate
Cell.

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8. Conduct of Examinations
The Examinations will be held on the prescribed date, time and centers. Admission Cards/Tickets will be sent to the
respective Departments/Colleges for onward delivery to the Students of Category ‘A’. Students should check the
venue and time of the examination as per their category/courses, year of admission/part(year) etc. In case of non-
receipt of Admission Tickets, the candidate should contact the respective college depending upon their stream and
category for issue of duplicate Admission Ticket. Students should strictly follow the guidelines and instructions
issued by the Examination Branch/Examination Centre Incharge and Invigilators. No Student should
bring the Mobile Phone or any other Remote Communication Device to the Examination Hall. Students
found using unfair means will be penalized as per the University Ordinances and Rules.
9 (a) Internal Assessment Moderation Criteria 2009
1. The basis of the moderation of Internal Assessment will be average marks of Internal Assessment for the
particular paper for all the collages of the university. Also, the University and Collage averages in the respective
paper will be calculated excluding the candidates who were awarded Zero IA marks in the respective paper.
2. No moderation will be undertaken if college average in a particular subject is within a range of University +
- 12 ½% of the maximum marks in Internal Assessment for the subject.
3. In out-lier cases beyond the range mentioned above, the moderation (both upward as well as downward) as
per the procedure illustrate below.
4. All exemptions as were implemented last year may be applied this year also.
Illustration:
• Total IA marks for a subject = T
• We comput (For the chosen subject):
• Average marks in IA in each college = X
• Average marks at the University level = Y
• We locate the out-lier cases where
• X is less than Y- (12.5% of T)
• X is more than Y- (12.5% of T)
• In case of out-lier cases, we moderate the cases at the college level by:
• Adding Y-(12.5% of T) – X in case of X is less than Y-(12.5%of T
• Subtracting X-Y in case of X is more than Y+(12.5%of T) marks to/from the marks of each
student in that College (Rounded off to the nearest Whole Number)
9 (B) ORDINANCE VIII-E: Internal Assessment
1.1. The scheme for Internal Assessment shall be followed in the regular stream only, with exclusions as per the
Appendix (at Page 6), and shall be applicable to the students admitted from the academic session 2003-04
onwards (i.e. to begin with forthe first year students) in both undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses.
This scheme of Internal Assessment shall not be applicable to the School of Correspondence Course and
Continuing Education, Non-Collegiate Women.s Education Board and Non-Formal Education Cell (formerly
External Candidates Cell). The specific Ordinances pertaining to schemes of examinations of various courses
shall stand amended, mutatis mutandis, to the extent of internal assessment as laid down in this Ordinance,
subject to exclusions referred to above.
1.2. Internal Assessment marks shall be shown separately in the Marks Sheet issued by the University and these
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2 25% of the maximum marks in each paper in undergraduate courses shall be assigned for Internal Assessment
and the remaining 75% marks for the annual/semester University Examination; the time duration and other
modalities of the annual/semester Examination with respect to this 75% component shall remain as per
existing schemes of examination for various undergraduate courses.
2.1.1. There shall be 10% weightage assigned to House Examinations to be conducted by each college, for all
subjects in Pass course and [Link]. (General) and all papers of the main Subject in Honours courses.
2.1.2. The duration of each paper in the House Examination shall be the same as the duration in the University
Examination. The maximum marks for each paper of the House Examination shall be 100 or the same as the
maximum marks in the corresponding University Examination.
2.1.3. The University reserves the right to scrutinize some or all the scripts of any paper in any course in a College
during the period of retention of papers, Which duration shall be till declaration of results by the University, a
copy of the question paper shall be sent to the Examination Branch of the University and the College shall
maintain a proper record of the question papers of the House Examination.
2.2.1. Each student shall be assessed on the basis of written assignments/tutorials as well as on the basis of project
reports/term papers/seminars. There shall be 10% weightage for such written assignment; and project reports/
presentations/term papers/seminars. Each student shall be given at least one written assignment per paper in
each term, subject to a maximum of 12 written assignments per year for all the papers taken together.
2.2.2. Where the maximum marks in a paper are less than 100, for example 50 marks, the nature of written assignments/
tutorial work shall stand adjusted pari passu.
2.2.3. There shall be 5% weightage for regularity in attending lectures and tutorials, and the credit for regularity in
each paper, based on attendance, shall be as follows :
More than 67% but less than 70% - 1 mark
70% or more but less than 75% - 2 marks
75% or more but less than 80% - 3 marks
80% or more but less than 85% - 4 marks
85% and above - 5 marks
[Medical certificates shall be excluded while calculating credit towards marks to be awarded for regularity,
though such certificates shall continue to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating eligibility to
appear for examinations as per the existing provisions of Ordinance VII.2.9.(a)(ii).]
2.2.4. There shall be a Moderation Committee for Internal Assessment in each College, discipline-wise, which shall
comprise of the senior most teacher in the department, the teacher-in-charge of the department and the
previous teacher-in-charge of the department: provided that if, for any reason, the membership of the Committee
falls below 3, the Principal of the college shall nominate suitable members from among the teachers of that
department/college to fill the vacancies.
3. With the introduction of Internal Assessment, the maximum marks for the University Examination in each
paper shall stand reduced accordingly.
4. The promotion crieteria shall be as per the existing Ordinances for University Examinations, as applicable to
respective courses. In addition, the same criteria shall apply to the total of the University Examination and the
Internal Assessment, taken together.
5.1 There shall be a Monitoring Committee for Internal Assessment at the University level consisting of the Dean
of Colleges as the Chairperson along with three other Deans one of whom shall be a member of the Executive
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of Internal Assessment marks from various colleges and ensure timely compliance. If a College fails to
submit the Internal Assessment marks in time, the University shall not declare the result for such a course in
that College. The responsibility for non-declaration of the result of any course in the college in such
circumstances will be solely that of the college.
5.2 There shall be a Monitoring Committee for Internal Assessment in every College, which shall be chaired by
the Principal of the College and will be made up of the Vice- Principal (and in case there is noVice-Principal,
the Bursar), Secretary Staff Council, and two senior faculty members to be nominated by the Principal. This
Committee shall be responsible for the entire process of Internal Assessment in the College, including redressal
of grievances, if any.
6.1. In the case of students who repeat one or more paper(s), or all papers of Part I or Part II or Part III, the
Internal Assessment marks shall be carried forward.
6.2. In the following special cases, in lieu of Internal Assessment, students shall be awarded marks (for the
previous years. papers) in the same proportion as the marks obtained in that paper in the University Examination
6.2.1. Students who migrate from other Universities to the University of Delhi in the IInd Year;
6.2.2. Students who fail in the Part I Examination of Honours Courses and join Pass/General Courses in the IInd
year; and
6.2.3. Students who transfer from 1st year Pass/General Courses to Honours Courses in the 2nd year.
6.3. Students who migrate from non-formal streams in the University of Delhi (i.e. School of Correspondence
Courses and Continuing Education, Non-Collegiate Women.s Education Board and Non-Formal Education
Cell, formerly External Candidates Cell) to the Regular stream and vice versa, shall carry as such the marks
obtained in the preceding year(s).
7. Tutorials shall be held regularly for the post-graduate courses of the University by the concerned Department
in cooperation with Colleges; and at least 25% marks shall be assigned for Internal Assessment in each paper
of the post-graduate courses. The Internal Assessment in the post-graduate courses may be based on regularity
and attendance; class tests and house examination; and written assignments, projects/term papers/seminars/
fieldwork. Post-graduate courses where the weightage of Internal Assessment is 25 per cent or more,
Departments may continue with the existing schemes.
8. In the case of a student who is selected as a member of the N.C.C. to participate in the annual N.C.C.
Camps or is deputed to undertake Civil Defence work and allied duties, or in the case of a student who is
enrolled in the National Service Scheme and is deputed to various public assignments by or with the approval
of the Head of the institution concerned, or a student who is selected to participate in sports or other activities
organized by the Inter-University Board or in national or international fixtures in games and sports approved
by theVice- Chancellor, or a student who is required to represent the University at the Inter-University Youth
Festival, or a student who is required to participate in periodical training in the Territorial Army, or a student
who is deputed by the College to take part in Inter-College sports, fixtures, debates, seminars, symposia or
social work projects, or a student who is required to represent the College concerned in debates and other
extracurricular activities held in other Universities or such other activities approved by the Vice-Chancellor,
the following provision will apply :
8.1. A student in the categories listed above, will have to fulfil the requirement of written assignments and projects/
termpapers/seminars/field-work with the flexibility, however, that he/she may, if necessary, be allowed additional
time for submission of written assignments.
8.2 A student in the categories listed above, who is unable to write the House Examination on account of his/her
participation in such aforesaid activities, may be assessed by the College through an alternative mode in lieu
of the House Examination. This may be done only in exceptional circumstances.

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8.3 A student in the categories listed above, will get the benefit of attendance for Internal Assessment for the
classes missed as per the existing provisions of Ordinance VII.2.(9)(a)(i).
9.1. The University reserves the right to review, and if necessary moderate the marks in Internal Assessment in
any paper/ papers in any College/Department.
9.2. The respective University Moderation Committees in each subject shall moderate, if necessary, the Internal
Assessment marks across Colleges.
Appendix to Ordinance VIII-E
List of Exclusions
1. Faculties (All courses) 2. Departments (All Courses)
a. Medical Sciences a. Department of Nursing - Faculty of Sciences
b. Technology b. Department of Fine Arts - Faculty of Music
c. Management Studies c. Department of Pharmacy - Faculty of Science
d. Education (except B.A. Pass in Education) d. Department of Home Science - Faculty of
e. Law Science
f. Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine
3. Degree Courses
a. B. Sc. (H) Bio-Medical Sciences
b. [Link]. (H) Physiotherapy
c. B.A.(H) Journalism
d. B.A. (H) Mass Media & Communications.
10. Result
Result and mark sheets will be sent to the respective Departments/Colleges/Institutes/ NCWEB(Teaching Centres)
depending upon the category of the Students.
11. Revaluation/Rechecking
Students can apply for revaluation/rechecking of the answer scripts by submitting a request on the prescribed form and
paying the prescribed fee to the Examination Branch within two weeks for Category ‘A’ (three weeks for Category
‘B’) students from the date of declaration of result. Rules of revaluation are given on the University website. In the
case of Professional Courses, revaluation is not permitted and only rechecking of the paper is permitted.
12. Promotion Rules
The promotion rules for B.A.(Prog.),/[Link]/[Link].(General)/ B.A.(Hons.)/ [Link].(Hons.)/[Link].(Hons.)/B.A.& [Link].
Program, [Link]. are available in the University Calendar Volume –II (1989) and amendments issued thereafter.
13. Procedure for obtaining the documents from Examination Branch.
The rules, procedures and forms for issue of the following documents are given on the University website: {http.//
[Link]/ downloads1/.htm).

 Duplicate Degree  Duplicate Marks sheet  Transcript

 Degree Verification  Migration Certificate  Special Certificate

Frequently asked questions regarding collection of Degree, issuance of Transcripts, Mark sheets and Migration
Certificates are also available at the University website ([Link]

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