Anna University removes 15-mark questions

ONE-TIME MEASURE

Anna University removes 15-mark questions

Tweaks Pattern For Semester Exams As Syllabus Was Not Completed

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:08.06.2020

Anna University tweaked question paper pattern for upcoming semester exams so that students can answer for 100 marks by studying 80% of syllabus since engineering colleges could not teach one unit due to loss of working days following Covid-19 lockdown. The Part C section which has 15-mark questions has been dropped from the question paper to give more choices to students.

As per the new pattern, the question paper will have 10 three-mark questions in Part- A section and Part - B will have five questions each carrying 19 marks. Students will have a choice of answering any 8 questions from Part-A and 4 questions from Part- B totalling 100 marks.

“This implies that the students are expected to answer 80% of the question paper pertaining to any four units of the syllabus covered and attempt questions for 100 marks,” a circular from controller of examinations to the principals of engineering colleges said.

However, all the current students reappearing for the arrear examinations of current and other regulations shall have all five units for end semester examintions and no change in existing question paper pattern.

In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the academic council has approved extraordinary decisions to conduct classes, viva-voce, end semester examinations to mitigate the academic loss caused by lockdown. The university has decided to leave out one of the five units for all engineering students due to the loss of working days.

However, the university clarified it is one-time measure and not to be taken as precedence in the circular.

“We wanted the colleges to know the change in question paper pattern for upcoming exams. It would help the examiners to set up question papers in autonomous colleges,” said M K Surappa, vice-chancellor of Anna University.

The university also asked the colleges to prepare a ‘Crash Course’ to deliver the remaining syllabus when the colleges reopen. “Students may have issues of connectivity and gadgets in attending online classes. So, they need to make up whatever is lost due to the lockdown,” Surappa added.

The university also said in the circular that the academic calendar is tweaked by compressing the number of lost working days.

We wanted the colleges to know the change in question paper pattern for upcoming exams. It would help the examiners to set up question papers in autonomous colleges

M K Surappa | ANNA UNIV