(a) A candidate, shall be declared as passed a course, provided he/she secures-
At least 40% marks in the course in the end semester examinations.
At least 40% marks in the course in aggregate in the in-semester and end-semester examinations.
(b) A candidate shall be declared as passed a semester, provided he/ she pass all the courses of a semester independently.
(c) The marks of in-semester examinations obtained by the candidate shall be carried over for declaring any result.
(d) A candidate who fails or does not appear in one or more courses of any end semester examinations up to Sixth Semester shall be provisionally promoted to the next higher semester with the failed course as carry over course(s).Such candidates will be eligible to appear in the carry over course in the next regular examinations of those courses. However, the following restrictions shall be applicable:
• A candidate shall be entitled to a maximum of three consecutive chances to clear a course.
• If a candidate clears the sixth semester examination before clearing all the courses of the previous semesters, the result of the sixth semester examination of that candidate shall be kept withheld and his/ her results shall be announced only after he/ she clears the courses of the previous semesters.
(e) A student must pass all his/her semester examinations within Five (5) years from the date of admission to the First Semester of any programme.
(f) Since the Semester system involves continuous assessment, there shall be no scope for a student to appear as a private candidate in any programme in this system.
(g) A candidate shall be declared to have passed the Six-Semester Degree B.A./B.Sc./ B.Com programme provided he/she has passed all the Semesters and in all the Courses separately.
(h) The degrees shall be offered to each candidate, who has passed the Six-Semester Degree B.A. /B.Sc. / B.Com programme in the following manner:
General (Non Major) Programme
Major/ Speciality Programme
60% and above marks in aggregate
First Division
60% and above marks in major courses in aggregate
First Class
50% and above but less than 60% marks in aggregate
Second Division
50% and above but less than 60% marks in major courses in aggregate
Second Class
40% and above but less than 50% marks in aggregate
Simple Pass
40% and above but less than 50% marks in major courses in aggregate
Simple Pass(the same degree shall be treated as general degree for BA/ B.Sc/B. Com programme)
(i) A student, who secures 60% and above marks in all the courses individually in all the semesters shall be declared have passed with first division (in case of the students pursuing General programmes) with distinction or first class (in case of the students pursing Major/ Specialty Programmes) with distinction.
