CGPA system and few exam rules of

Symbiosis International University

2012 onwards
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Some basic rules.

A score below 40 out of 100 (absolute score
below 40%) would be deemed as failure -
(Grade F)

Student needs to secure 40% marks in each
course (separately for Continuous and
External evaluation)

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The details
There will be eight grades
A+,A, B+,B, C+,C, D+,D

These eight grades will be allocated to those who
have got more than or equal to 40% of absolute
marks.

Relative grading: The assessment of students will be
done based on the relative performance of the
students on proportion method.

The division of proportion given in later slides will
be applicable to the population of marks excluding
the failures.
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The Proportion based system that SIU follow
is the more modern approach to scoring and
has been mandated by the Bologna Process
(European Commission 2005) as the grading
rule / basis.
The details.continued
Top 16% will fall in A grade and last 16% will
get D grade.

In effect, about 68% of the population about
the mean score would fall in B and C grades.

38% about mean would be getting B or C+
grades and 30% will get B+ or C grade on the
extremes.
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Grades..
Total Number of grades:
Nine including F (failure)

Grade A : 16% (A+: 6%, A: 10%)
Grade B: 34% (B+:15%, B:19%)
Grade C: 34% (C+: 19%, C:15%)
Grade D: 16% (D+:10%, D: 6%)
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Calculation of Grade Point (GP) will be
applicable to only those scoring 40% or above
Less than 40% is considered fail
Letter Grade Proportion Grade Point
A+ Top 6% 4.000
A 10% 3.714
B+ 15% 3.429
B 19% 3.143
C+ 19% 2.857
C 15% 2.571
D+ 10% 2.286
D Bottom 6% 2.000
F 0
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The spread of grades
Table 1: Proposed Grade structure using Proportional method

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Overview of the CGPA system
4 point CGPA system
CGPA stands for Cumulative Grade Point
Average
It is a relative grading system
For a student, CGPA is the weighted
average of his performance (grade point) in
all subjects using the subject credits as
weights
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Overview continued
Course credits are 1,2, or 3 depending on
the number of hours of class-room activity.

1 credit =15 hrs. of classroom input=50marks.
2 credits=30 hrs. of classroom input=100 marks

Once marks for all courses for all students
are compiled, CGPA is arrived at using
following steps:
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The details .
Step 1:
Pick a course.
Arrange the marks in descending order.
Establish class intervals for grades using the
predefined proportions.
Result Table for conversion of marks into
grades for that subject
Do this for all courses.
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Conversion Table
Letter Grade Proportion Grade Point
A+ Top 6% 4.000
A 10% 3.714
B+ 15% 3.429
B 19% 3.143
C+ 19% 2.857
C 15% 2.571
D+ 10% 2.286
D Bottom 6% 2.000
F 0
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Calculation of Internal and External GP
Internal GP- 3.429 (B+)
External GP- 2.857 (C+)
Internal Weight- 60%
External Weight- 40%
GP for the course: (3.429*0.6) + (2.857*0.4)=
3.2 (B)

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Calculation of GPA
The Grade Point Average for the semester
will be calculated by taking the weighted
average of the course Grade points. The
weights will be defined as per the credit
points they carry.

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GPA (Grade point Average)
Student- Pratik Roy
Semester-I
Course
Credit
points
Grade
Points CP*GP
Business Statistics
3
3.245 9.735
Economics for Managers
3
2.876 8.628
Managerial accounting
4
3.456 13.824
Marketing Management
3
2.456 7.368
Human Resource Management
3
2.789 8.367
Operations Management
3
3.334 10.002
Indian and Global Corporate Sector
3
3.667 11.001
Organisational Behaviour
2
2.698 5.396
Total credits 24 74.321
Grade Point Average 3.097
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Calculation of CGPA
The CGPA for the programme will be
calculated by taking the weighted average of
the semester grade points where the total
credit for the semester will act as the weight.

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CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average)
Student- Pratik Roy
Semester Credit Point Grade point CP*GP
I 24 3.097 74.328
II 33 2.876 94.908
III 33 3.234 106.722
IV 10 2.893 28.930
Total 100 304.888
CGPA 3.049
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Grace Marks
Given by SIU as per rule number 6.1 and 6.2

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Eligibility and Examination Rule No 5.10

A student having only internal backlog and no external
backlog of Semester I and clearing the same prior to
Semester III External Examination are permitted to
appear for Semester III External Examination.

Similarly student having only internal backlog & no
external backlog in Semester-I and Semester II and
clearing it prior to external examination of Semester IV
are permitted to appear for Semester IV External
examination.


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Use of pencil during University Exam

SIU notification SIU/Exam/608/2628 dated 9th June 2012


You are requested to instruct the students to use only Blue
or Black pen(ink pen or ball pen) during the University
Examination unless instructed otherwise. Use of black
pencil or colour pencil / colour pen/ colour ball pen is not
permitted. Use of pencil is permitted only in case of
diagrams , graphs etc. as per instructions.

Please note that answers written in pencil / colour pencil /
colour pen/ colour ball pen will not be evaluated.




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Submission of Backlog Exam forms after the last
SIU notification SIU/Exam/608/2416 dated 1
th
May 2013

Board of examinations SIU has decided that
backlog examination forms will not be
accepted after the last date for submission of
Examination forms with the late fees is over
any circumstances.

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Charges from the student to see their answer script of
University Examination(External examination)
SIU notification SIU/Exam/605/73 of 2013 dated 8
th
May 2013

The charges from the student to see their answer script of
University Examination (External examination) are Rs
3000/- per Course.

If the student is not satisfied with the result of any course/
courses, he /se should apply for revaluation. After the re-
evaluation , result is declared, if the student wants to see
his/ her answer script , he/ she may apply to University
through the head of respective Institute.
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Internal Assessment
Grievances, if any, after the declaration of
marks of each of the internal assessment

No revaluation of internal assessment or
internal backlog assessment post declaration
of result

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Some basic rules.

Attendance will be given for Fitness Club.

Absence from the Guest Lecture:
Institute incurs substantial expenditure to
arrange for guest lectures and workshops by
well-known personalities. So students who
remain absent for the guest lectures will be
issued a Demerit Card.


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Attendance rules.
No attendance will be granted for any
illness.

However in extreme cases leading to
hospitalization, the expert opinion of
Symbiosis Centre of Health Care & the
Directors discretion will prevail.



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Attendance rules.
Minimum 75% attendance in aggregate is mandatory
for all the students of the University to be eligible to
appear for the external examination of all courses of
the term.

If the aggregate attendance is below 75% then the
student will not be granted the permission to appear
for the examination of the concerned course/s where
the attendance is below 75%.
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Thank you!
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