Goa university also decided to give 50% weightage to the students’ performance in previous semesters, so that it better reflects how students have done overall.
Goa University Semester Exams 2021: Goa University is all set to conduct the final year examinations for general stream undergraduate programmes for the academic year 2020-21 via online mode in its affiliated colleges. According to the reports, Goa University will commence the examinations for the 6th semester from July 9. The university also decided to give 50% weightage to the students’ performance in previous semesters, so that it better reflects how students have done overall. Meanwhile, for BA BSc (including home science), BCom, BCA and Bachelor in Social Work programmes, the University will conduct exam for 30 marks. Apart from the 50% weightage to students’ previous performance, 20% weightage will be given to marks scored in intra-semester assessments, and 30% to their performance in semester-end examinations.
For practical exams, students will get marks based on journals, viva and consistency of the students’ performance. Goa University while instructing about the final exams stated,“There shall be only one question paper per subject per college. The duration of the examination shall be two hours. The question paper shall be sent to the students through any of the following platforms: Google Classroom, Moodle, Email, Whatsapp, etc, at 10am.”
Students can either type their answers electronically or write them down and then scan or photograph and upload the answersheet, GU has said. “Students will be required to upload their answer scripts latest by 1pm. The college shall retain soft copies of the uploaded answer sheets for record,” Goa University’s official circular states. The affiliated colleges have also received directions to conduct all pending intra-semester assessments online. The University further added that the last date to submit the soft copies of the projects or dissertation for final year students is by June 15. Meanwhile, students will also have to deliver the hard copies of the work by July 1 to colleges.
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