Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode became Autonomous from the academic year 2015-2016, affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. The Office of the Controller of Examinations had started functioning from June 2015 and it is headed by the Chief Controller of Examinations/Principal, administered by the Controller of Examinations, assisted by the Assistant Controller of Examinations and other staff of the cell. The Controller of Examinations (COE) office is an important part of the autonomy.
The Office of the Controller of Examination Cell has been constituted as per the regulations of the University Grants Commission, approved by the Finance Committee and the Governing Body of the College. The COE wing is fully computerized to ensure quick services and maintain confidentiality.
Ever since, the College has proven ability and adequate set up for conducting all its examinations. The Controller of Examinations also ensures a smooth functioning of the Continuous Internal Assessment. The office of the Controller of Examinations has all the required facilities such as computer facilities, strong room, Question Paper Printing Room, Computer lab for online mark entry and adequate staff. The institution follows a very clear, well- planned calendar which schedules the examination, preparation of question papers, conduct of examinations, evaluation of answer scripts, declaration of results and issuing of Statement of Marks and Grades. Every academic year, students take up End Semester Examinations in November and April.
In Evaluation system, both Formative and Summative is followed. The formative examination known as the Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) and has components like written internal tests, assignments/seminar and model examinations. The CIA marks are submitted into online portal of COXCO software by staff members from their department and the final CIA marks are sent to the Office of the Controller of Examinations. The summative examinations are conducted at the end of the semester. Centralized evaluation is conducted for both UG/PG Programmes. Dummy numbers system is used to maintain confidentiality. After evaluation process over, the examiner should enter the End Semester Examination marks awarded by the students through online portal of COXCO software in Computer Laboratory. Final results are normally announced within 15 working days from the last date of examination.
The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) as per Bharathiar University under UGC norms has been followed. Varying credits are assigned to different courses depending on the instructional hours and the nature of the syllabus content. CBCS gives freedom to the students to study courses of their choice and enables transfer of credits if a student migrates to another institution to complete the same programme. It also helps the students to earn more credits than the required minimum by learning extra courses like Bharathiar University approved Diploma certificate courses and Advanced Learners courses offered by the Departments.
To improve and enhance student learning and teaching quality, our curriculum has been designed as Programme Outcome (PO) and Programme Special Outcome (PSO) based on the approach of Outcome Based Education (OBE) from 2018-2019 and onwards. Blooms Taxonomy has been used as the basis for setting learning outcomes, teaching methods and in student's assessment.
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