Assessment pattern tweaked for first-year students
The Hindu
The Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has tweaked the assessment pattern for this academic year. The change in assessment will be applicable to all the first semester students as per th
The Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has tweaked the assessment pattern for this academic year. The change in assessment will be applicable to all the first semester students as per the National Education Policy (NEP) which will be implemented for the first time this year.
The decision was taken on Monday after a meeting with all the Vice Chancellors of various universities. Under the new assessment pattern, students in the theory component will be graded 40% based on their internal assessment, while the remaining 60% will be for the term end examination. In the practical section, 50% weightage will be given for term-end exams and the remaining for internal assessment.
B. Thimme Gowda, Vice-Chairman of the council, said the decision was taken as the NEP encourages formative assessment. “The policy says that we should move away from testing the memory of the student and instead test if students have understood the subject,” he said.