Attendance will be marked at the beginning of each period by the teacher engaging the class. Late-comers may be given or refused attendance for the period, or marked late, at the discretion of the teacher concerned.
If a student is absent for one hour, it will be treated as absence for half a day and if his absence is for two or more hours, it will be treated as absence for one full day.
A student requiring leave for a particular period may be granted such leave by the teacher concerned.
Application for leave for more than a period must be made to the Principal in the prescribed form by 10 a.m. When absence is due to some unforeseen cause, the application should be submitted as early as possible, and in no case later than the first day of the student’s return to the college.
Absence without leave from any examination or from the composition or practical work will be reported by the teachers concerned to the Principal.
Leave of absence from a term examination should be obtained from the Principal.
A student absenting himself from the college even for a day should submit the leave application to the Principal, duly signed by the lecturer in-charge.
A student absenting himself for a period exceeding five working days, whether with leave or without leave, should on his return to the college, report to the Principal.
A student absenting himself without leave for more than ten consecutive days will have his name removed from the rolls and he may be re-admitted on payment of college dues, if any.
Application for leave must be countersigned by the student’s guardian and recommended by the Tutor or the Teacher-in- charge of attendance or the H.O.D. and is to be submitted to the principal immediately after the return from his/her leave. For hostel students, the warden’s recommendation is sufficient.
The minimum attendance prescribed by the University is 75%. Exemption from shortage of attendance (subject to a maximum of 20 days) can be granted by the Syndicate on recommendation by the Principal. Such condonation will be granted only once during a course and in those cases, where leave has been submitted by the student in time and got sanctioned in time.
Duty leave for physical education activities will be granted only to athletes representing the college or university in various matches, tournaments and sports events. Such students should submit their leave applications duly recommended by the Director of Physical Education not later than one week after the event.
The maximum period for which duty leave can be granted to a student for sports is 10% of the total number of working days.
No duty leave will be sanctioned to any other student at any cost.
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1 Post
graduate programmes in affiliated colleges currently held in the
yearly pattern have been restructured into the semester pattern from
2001-2002. There are four semesters in the course. Each semester will
have 90 instructional days under the five-day system. End-semester
examination will be held outside the 90 instructional days.
2.1 General Scheme
of the Syllabi: There are five papers in each semester, one
project/dissertation during the entire course and a comprehensive viva
voce at the end of the last semester. The papers in the first three
semesters constitute the core element, and the papers in the final
semester will be the optional component, which can vary from college
to college.
3. Scheme of
Evaluation
3.1 Each
semester paper, dissertation/project and viva voce will have a maximum
of 100 marks, thus making a total of 2200 marks.
3.2 Evaluation
of all semester papers and the project/dissertation will be done in
two parts, namely, by continuous internal evaluation and by the
end-semester external evaluation. Twenty-five marks will be set apart
for Internal Evaluation and seventy-five marks for the second
component. There will be only external evaluation for the viva voce.
Theory Papers
a)
Attendance : 5 marks
b)
Assignment (1) : 5 marks
c)
Test paper (2) : 10 marks
d)
Seminar (1) : 5 marks
Total : 25 marks
Practical Papers
a)
Attendance : 5 marks
b)
Record : 10 marks
c)
Test paper (2) : 10 marks
Total : 25 marks
Project/Dissertation
a)
Test paper/Oral test (1) : 10 marks
b)
Seminar (1) : 10 marks
c)
Punctuality : 5 marks
Total : 25 marks
3.3.1. The same marks
will be awarded for all papers on the basis of the average attendance
of the student. The weightage of marks for attendance shall be as
follows:
Attendance Marks
Below
75% Nil
75%
and above but below 80% 2 marks
80%
and above but below 85% 3 marks
85%
and above but below 90% 4 marks
90%
and above 5 marks
3.3.2. Attendance
shall be marked in every class and consolidated at the college
office.
3.3.3. Assignment :
One assignment for each paper.
3.3.4. Test paper :
A minimum of two tests for each paper (except in the case of
Project/Dissertation) of which the best shall count for internal
evaluation.
3.3.5. Seminar: One
seminar for each paper, marks to be awarded on the basis of the
script (3 marks) and presentation (2 marks)
3.3.6. Internal
evaluation for Project/Dissertation: There will be a test paper/oral
test and a seminar, the former to be held in the second semester and
the latter in the third semester. The seminar will carry a maximum
of ten marks (6 marks for script and 4 for presentation). Only those
who present the project report/dissertation in the stipulated time
and submit it two months before the completion of the final semester
will qualify for the marks for punctuality, which will be
distributed as follows:
Presentation of
paper in stipulated time: 2 marks
Submission of the
report/dissertation in time: 3 marks
3.3.7. The
assignments/seminars/test papers will be held at regular intervals
as notified in advance by each department. These will be marked and
returned to the students.
3.3.8. One teacher
nominated by the H.O.D. will act as the Co-ordinator for
consolidating the mark lists for internal evaluation in the
particular department in the format supplied by the University. The
consolidated mark lists will be published in the notice board one
week before the closing of the classes for the end-semester
examinations under the signature of the H.O.D. and the Co-ordinator
for internal evaluation.
3.3.9 Grievance
Redress Mechanism for Internal Evaluation: There is provision for
redress of grievance at four levels as in the case of the
undergraduate courses. College level complaints will be filed within
one week of the publication of results and decisions taken within
the next two weeks.
3.3.10 The marks
for internal and external examinations will be entered separately in
the University mark sheet.
External Evaluation
4.1 At the end of
each semester the university will conduct the external examination.
4.2 The project
report/dissertation will be valued by two teachers on the viva board.
In case of variation of more than 10% a third valuation will be
conducted. 25 marks will be set apart for presentation and oral test
on the project which will be conducted by the viva voce Board along
with the final viva.
The distribution of
marks is as follows:
Presentation : 15
Marks;
Oral test : 10 marks.
4.3 Final
Comprehensive Viva: A team of external examiners will hold the viva
for 100 marks. The Viva-voce Board shall consist of three members, the
Chairman or a member of the University Board of Examiners, an external
expert and the H.O.D. or his nominee from the college concerned.
5. Pass requirement:
Pass minimum for each paper will be 40% with a separate minimum of 30
marks (out of 75). There will be no separate minimum for internal
evaluation and no provision for improvement.
6. Classification of
results
Below 40% : Failed
40 and above, but
below 50 : Third class
50 and above, but
below 60 : Second class
60 and above, but
below 80 : First class
80% and above :
Distinction
7. Ranking:
Candidates who pass all the papers in the first appearance within the
minimum period alone will be considered for ranking on the basis of
the total marks received.
8. Promotion: Only a
student who has the required attendance (75%) or whose shortage has
been condoned by the University and registers for the end semester
examination, will be eligible for promotion to the next semester.
Students who fail to secure minimum attendance/condonation will be
given one more chance to repeat the semester.
9. Reappearance of Failed Candidates:
Candidates who have failed in the end-semester examination can reappear
for their particular semester. A maximum of two chances will be given
for each failed paper. Only failed papers need be repeated. Chance for
reappearance is offered only during eight continuous semesters starting
with the admission/readmission.
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- Tution Fee for Degree and P.G. classes will be collected in three termily instalments and two semester instalments respectively. (See the Fee schedule Chart).
- If a student fails to pay the fee or special fee on the due date he/she shall be liable to pay a fine of Rs. 5/- along with the fee or special fee on or before the 10th day after the due date. If any fee or special fee with a fine of Rs. 5/- is not paid on the due date, an additional fine of Rs. 10/- will have to be paid. If the fee and fine are not paid before the due date the student will be removed from the rolls of the college and he will not get the benefit of attendance from the date of removal from the rolls. On clearing the dues he can be readmitted with a readmission fee of Rs. 50/-. (See Fee Schedule chart)
- The names of defaulters of fees will be published on the notice board after the expiry of the last date fixed for payment of that instalment.
The terms are defined as follows:
For Degree Classes
I st Term - June, July, August and September
II nd Term - October, November and December
III rd Term - January, February and March
For P.G. Classes
Semester I & III - 29th June 2006 to 17th Nov. 2006 &
1st June 2006 to 31st Oct. 2006
Semester II & IV - 18th Nov. 2006 to 31st March 2007
2nd Nov. 2006 to 31st March 2007
- Students who are admitted for a term so that they may make up shortage of attendance for the course should pay one-third of the tuition fee for the year together with full special fee, and caution deposit at the time of admission.
- In the case of casual students (undergoing one year course) all fees including special fee and caution deposit due for the whole year will be collected at the time of admission.
- Every student is liable to pay the prescribed fee for the whole term during any part of which his/her name is on the rolls of the college. If a student studying in the Arts and Science or Sanskrit colleges for Degree or Post-graduate courses after obtaining Transfer Certificate from the institution, is admitted to the same course of study in any similar college, he/she need pay only special fee and caution deposit at the new college. He/she shall produce the fee receipt (or Remittance Certificate) at the college where he joins afresh.
- In the case of students admitted later than the commencement of the academic year, the fee for the preceding term, if any, will be collected at the time of admission.
- If in a particular term, a student who did not attend any of the classes, requests permission to discontinue his/her studies in the college and takes T.C. on that accord, the refund of fee may be ordered in his/her case if he submits an application within two months from the date of leaving the college as revealed from the entries in the Transfer Certificate.
- Students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBC and OEC securing admission to the college will be eligible for fee concession. They will be given full fee concession on presentation of necessary community and income certificates from the Tahsildar concerned.
- Students belonging to forward communities as well as socially and educationally backward communities who come under the prescribed income limit are eligible for fee concession under the Kumara Pillai Commission report.
- Scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBC and OEC students should submit their applications for full fee concession to the Principal within 45 days from the date of their admission or re-opening of the college as the case may be. OBC, FC and SEBC students in senior classes should submit their applications for renewal of concessions every year.
- Backward community students who discontinue their studies before the sanction of the concessions are liable to pay all fees before their transfer certificates are issued.
Detailed
Fee Chart ,Scholarship &Prize
Details of
University Fees
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General Discipline |
The following guidelines are issued in order to help the students to conduct themselves courteously and in accordance with the highest standards of mannerly behaviour.
1. Every morning we begin our work with a prayer song. Come to attention when the song begins and keep standing till it end, wherever you are in the campus, whether in the class or outside.
2. Every student shall behave and conduct himself in the college and the hostel in a dignified and courteous manner and should be respectful to the teachers.
3. Consumption of narcotic drugs, tobacco, alcohol etc. are strictly prohibited in the campus and the hostel and action will be initiated against those who are found to have consumed them.
4. Students are prohibited from indulging in anti-institutional, anti-national, anti-social, communal, immoral or political expressions and activities within the campus and hostel.
5. Learning not to damage property whether public or private is one of the primary requirements for civilized behaviour. Students shall not disfigure/damage or destroy public or college properties. In the event of such damage or destruction the cost of such properties will be recovered from the concerned student/students. Disciplinary action will also be taken against the delinquents.
6. Silence shall be maintained in the college library and the premises of the office.
7. Unauthorised entry of outsiders into the campus as well as the hostel is strictly prohibited. Without specific permission of the authorities, students shall not bring outsiders to the college or the hostel.
8. No one shall bring, distribute or circulate any notice, pamphlet, leaflet etc with in the campus or the hostel. The possession, distribution or exhibition of any object which is perse obscene within the campus or the hostel is also actionable offence.
9. Nobody shall exhibit any type of banners, flags, boards etc. inside the campus, gates, walls and on the compound walls. Similarly, students are prohibited from disfiguring the walls of the college building. Except with the specific permission of the principal, no student shall collect money either by request or by coersion from others within the campus or the hostel.
10. Politically based students and other organizations or outfits are not allowed in the campus. Students are strictly prohibited from organizing, attending or participating in any activity or agitation sponsored by the politically based student organizations.
11. The college being a temple of learning and an exclusive academic zone, nobody shall respond to any call for any form of strike or agitation including slogan shouting, dharna, gherao, burning in effigy or indulge in anything which may harm the peaceful and serene atmosphere of the institution and shall eschew from violence within the campus and hostel.
12. Any student who is found to exert undue influence on fellow students will be strictly dealt with
13. No student will enter or leave the class room when the session is on without the permission of the teacher.
14. Students absenting themselves without submitting proper leave application for more than ten working days will have their names removed from the rolls. They may be readmitted only at the discretion of the principal.
15. Usage of cell phones within the campus is prohibited. Violation of the ban would entail seizure of the same with fine.
16. There is a students’ grievance redressal cell in the college. In case the students have any grievance or complaint they may approach the Head of the Department first and if not satisfied, the principal. The principal will at his discretion refer the matter to the students grievance redressal cell consisting of the Vice-principal, one HOD and one Senior teacher (Selection Grade/Reader) nominated by the principal.
17. Students who are charged in criminal offence or are under suspension will not be allowed to enter the college campus without the permission of the principal.
18. The Principal shall have power to declare holiday for the college if he is satisfied that peaceful academic functioning of the college cannot be carried on.
19. Any case of criminal activity or violation of law and order in the college campus will be reported to the police and the police shall register case and initiate action against the offenders.
20. The terms and conditions of admission and the code of conduct are included in the college calendar issued to the students and are binding on the student. In the application form for admission an undertaking shall be given by the student and the parent accordingly.
21. In the matter of internal discipline the decision of the principal shall be final.
22. Students should not throw litter in the campus; rather place them only in the waste bins. This campus is yours and you are dutybound to keep it clean.
23. Students are expected to be properly dressed. Showing clothes are to be avoided. Women students are expected to show lady-like dignity in their dress and general behaviour.
24. Students are not permitted to drive their two-wheelers into the prohibited area.
25. Any student who is persistently insubordinate, who is repeatedly or willfully mischievous, who is guilty of fraud or mal-practice in connection with examinations or who, in the opinion of the principal, is likely to have an unwholesome influence on his fellow students, shall be removed from the rolls. The removal shall be either temporary or permanent according to the gravity of the offence.
26. Rise from your seats when the teacher enters the class room and remain standing till he takes his seat or till you are allowed to sit down. Greet your teacher appropriately when the teacher enters the class. Rise again and say ‘Thank you, Sir’ when the teacher leaves the classroom.
27. Nothing is more appreciated in a student then courteous and mannerly behaviour. Greet your teachers when you meet them inside and outside the campus. Do not tuck up your dhothi when you are in the campus. Please note, it is a rude behaviour to enter a room without being asked to, not to say ‘Thank you’ when something is done for you, to jumb queues, to scramble for seats in the bus, to get past a person at a door or passage without saying ‘Excuse me’ or not to say ‘sorry’ when you have bumped into some one.
28. Students are expected to spend their free hours in the Library/Reading Room. They should not loiter along the verandahs or crowd at the gate or in the main road.
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Grievance Redressal Cell |
A grievance Redressal
Cell is working in the college. The cell is headed by the
Vice-Principal and two members of the teaching faculty. The students
can submit their grievances in writing to the Vice-Principal, who is
also the chairman of the cell, through the principal. The cell will
meet as and when it is required and take suitable measures/solutions
for the grievances addressed to it.
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Identity Cards |
Identity CardsAt the time of admission the students will be provided with an Identity Card. Students are expected to carry the Identity Cards with them while in the campus and produce them on demand for inspection by any member of the Staff. If the Card is lost, a duplicate can be obtained on payment of Rs. 50/-. It may be noted that the Identity Card has to be produced on many occasions, like voting at the college elections, claiming Hall-Tickets, mark-lists, certificates, scholarships, stipends etc.
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Library Rules |
A. Working Hours
The library will be open from 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m on all days except Sundays and other office holidays.
The issue/return counter works only from 9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Saturdays will be maintenance days and no book will be issued/returned on those days.
B. General Rules
Students entering the reading room or the stacks at the reading and reference counters should produce their identity cards at the entrance on demand.
Personal articles like books, umbrellas, bags etc. should be kept at the entrance at places assigned for the purpose, before entering the library.
Strict silence should be observed in and around the Library.
Magazines and papers should not be removed from their places on the tables and stands. No mechanical reproduction or tracing of materials shall be made without the permission of the librarian.
Books of reference, illustrated and rare books, special books multivolumed collections, serial publications and periodicals will not be issued out. However, these may be consulted within the library after making necessary entries in the reference register.
Members of the staff may borrow books after making the necessary entries and signing in the issue registers. Teachers may keep text books with them for the whole academic year. Other books (not more than 10 at a time at any rate) may be kept up to 30 days. However, all books borrowed from the library should be returned before 30 th April every year.
C. Borrower Cards
Books are issued to the students on borrower cards. Degree students will be issued two Cards each, P.G. students 5 and Research students 5. As a rule, only one book will be issued on a single card. The reader must surrender his/her card when a book is issued and take back the card when the book is returned.
I P.G. and I D.C. students should apply for Borrower Cards in the prescribed form (available in the library) within 30 days of their admission. Tickets are issued for the duration of the course. On completion of the course, students should return their library cards by the dates fixed for the purpose, Borrower cards are not transferable.
Students should submit in writing to the librarian, if their library card is lost. To replace a lost card a duplicate may be issued after one month, on payment of a penalty of Rs. 10/-
D. How to Borrow a Book
We have the open shelf system here and the student has access to any section/shelf. After making his selection, the borrower must fill in the loan slip (available at the counter), and hand over the book, loan slip, borrower card and his identity card at the issue counter. The book will be issued after the loan slip, the card and the identity card are checked.
Before leaving the counter the borrowers shall point out to the Librarian any damage or mutilation on the books they are taking. The Librarian will then make the necessary entries in the book and put his initials.
E. Returning the Book
It is the duty of the librarian and his staff to examine the books when they are returned by the borrowers in order to take immediate action whenever necessary.
The loan period is 14 days. But in special circumstances the Librarian can call back any book at any time from a reader, even if the period of loan has not expired.
Books issued will not be renewed. However, if there is no other demand a book may be re-issued for one more week after it is returned.
Delay in returning a book after the due date will entail a fine of 50 paise per day (Rounded to the next rupee) of delay for each volume.
F. Damage to the Books
Borrowers will be responsible for the loss of or damage to the books taken out by them. Marking on books with pencil or ink, soiling them, injury to pages or binding, underlining, writing remarks, etc. on pages, folding or tearing off pages, etc. will be held as serious charges.
If a book belonging to a set or series is lost or damaged and a new volume is not separately available, the user will be required to replace the whole set or series. The damaged set or series may be taken away by the person after making the replacement.
If a book is lost, it should be reported to the librarian immediately. He will decide if the book is to be replaced or paid for.
If a book is not returned within one month after the due date, it will be considered lost. No member will be allowed to borrow books until the dues, if any, are cleared.
If after the payment of the cost, a book lost or missing is recovered, the library will not accept it.
Books taken for reference/consultation need not be put back on the shelves by the readers themselves but may be handed over to the Assistant-in-charge.
All library arrears should be cleared by the students before they receive their Hall Tickets for University Examinations or before obtaining the T.C. if they leave before the completion of the course.
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Residence of Students |
1. Boys students not residing with their parents should normally reside in the Christu Raj Hostel. They can, however, stay with their local guardians.
2. Students are strictly forbidden to reside in unapproved lodgings. Those desiring to reside in approved lodgings must obtain the permission of the Principal.
3. Students shall submit to the college office in the prescribed form obtainable there, full information regarding their residence.
4. Any subsequent change in residence can be made only with the written permission of the principal.
5. A student seeking admission to the college hostel has to pay Rs. 500/- as mess advance and caution deposit and
Rs. 10/- towards admission fee along with his application for admission. No exemption will be made to this rule except in the case of scheduled tribes, scheduled castes and Christian converts from them.
6. For admission to the hostel, application should be made direct to the warden Rev. Fr.
N.V. Joseph or to the Asst. warden Fr. James John after securing admission in the college.
7. The mess being run on the dividing system, rates vary according to the menu, the strength of the mess and fluctuation in prices.
8. Women students in post graduate classes can find accommodation in the four women's hostels located just opposite the
college - Sacred Heart, Alphonsa, Adoration and Assumption.
9. In all matters of admission, accommodation and disciplinary action against the boarders, the Principal's ruling will be final.
10. A hosteller leaving the college is not entitled to T.C. and caution money unless he produces a certificate from the warden that his dues to the hostel have been fully paid up.
11. If a student residing in the hostel absents himself from the classes without bonafide reasons he shall be asked to quit the hostel.
12. Dismissal from the hostel for grave misconduct will entail similar punishment in the college and punishment in the college for misconduct of boarders will entail similar punishment in the hostel also.
13. 3% of the total seats is reserved for handicapped students.
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College Union |
The College Union is organized with the following objectives
(a) to train the students of the college in the parliamentary democracy so that they may be responsible future citizens of India, aware of their duties, responsibilities and rights.
(b) To promote opportunities for the development of character leadership, efficiency and spirit of service among students.
(c) To organize debates, seminars, work squads, touring parties so that the students may acquire knowledge on current topics and develop a deep thinking about them.
(d) To encourage extracurricular activities that are conducive to the above objectives.
The election to the college union is conducted on the parliamentary model. The college union will have a students’ general council and an executive. All students are members of the students’ general council. In order to conduct election to the executive council, an electoral council consisting of two elected representatives from each class will be formed. The Electoral council will elect the executive committee consisting of the following office bearers: the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, General Secretary, University Union
Councillors, Magazine Editor and the Arts Club Secretary. There shall a Secretary of sports who will be nominated by the committee consisting of the Principal, The Head of the Dept. of Physical Education and the Staff Advisor of the students’ council. One member representing the students of each degree and
P.G. classes elected by and from among the student representatives of the respective years in the electoral council will also represent in the executive council. Two Lady representatives will also be there elected by and from among the lady representatives in the students general council. The language secretaries of Malayalam, English and Hindi will function as assistant editors for the respective sections of the college magazine. The candidates contesting to the electoral council should possess a minimum of 80% attendance in the previous year (except in the case of first year students) and should have passed all the examinations held so far. Those who were granted condonation of attendance in the previous year is not eligible to contest in the election. Similarly, anyone against whom disciplinary action of any kind has been taken (inside or outside the campus, civil or criminal) ipso facto stands debarred from contesting elections to electral council. Students are forbidden to contest in the Union election on the label of student organizations.
Various departmental associations based on the students’ optional subject is also functioning under the college union. The office-bearers of these associations will be elected by the members under the supervision of the Department Heads.
The principal is the ex-officio Treasurer and patron of the College Union. Expenses for the activities of the college union require prior sanction of the principal and the college union advisor.
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