Anna University increases internal marks weightage from 20% to 40% in engineering courses

As per the new regulation, theory courses with laboratory components will have 50%:50% weightage for end-semester exams and internal assessment.  

Anna University has doubled the internal assessment weightage for awarding marks from 20 per cent to 40 per cent. A report published in The Times of India said, “The cumulative grade point average (CGPA) for getting first class has also been brought down from 7 CGPA to 6.5 CGPA. Just 25 per cent of engineering students cleared all the subjects in the first semester in January 2019, shows data.” 

As per the new regulation, theory courses with laboratory components will have 50%:50% weightage for end-semester exams and internal assessment. For laboratory courses, it will be 60% weightage for internal assessment in end-semester exams. 

The new regulation also allows students to take a study break for up to a year for job or entrepreneurship and has scrapped a 2017 rule that mandated students to compulsorily complete arrears in four attempts. Students can also do up to two online courses in a semester against one course under current rule. 

The university is also planning a major overhaul of its syllabus from next year to equip students as per industry needs. The aim is not only to make engineering students more employable, but also to give them the right guidance and support in research and higher education.Anna University Vice-Chancellor R Velraj said, “The new syllabus will be more diversified, will provide more flexibility to the students and give them more choices.” 

He said the requirements for students who want to pursue research and higher studies are different from those who want to excel in administrative services or engineering industry works. “Our idea is to accommodate the needs of all three types of students in the new syllabus,” said Velraj. 

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