Exams only for final year BE and LLB students: Goa University

PANAJI: Goa University on Tuesday said that, for the current academic year 2019-20, only final year exams for BE, LLB and BA LLB programmes will be conducted starting from July 1.
For all other years, no exams will be held for these programmes and students will be assessed based on internal assessments carried out or to be carried out by respective colleges, the varsity said in two separate circulars.
No semester end examinations (SEE) will be held for students of second, fourth and sixth semester of BE programmes. Instead, students will have an option to answer additional internal tests. From three internal tests, the best marks scored by a student will be considered, Goa University registrar Y V Reddy said in a circular.
In the case of LLB and BA LLB programmes offered in affiliated colleges, students will be evaluated based on semester exams and projects.
Students of all law and engineering degree courses will not be detained and will be given additional chances to pass or improve scores. These chances will not be treated as second attempts, the university said.
“The students of BA LLB shall be graded based on marks scored by them in the intra semester assessment (ISA) during the current semester. In those cases where ISA could not be completed, the same shall be conducted whenever the circumstances permit. The results of such students shall be declared on completion of the ISA examination,” the circular stated.
Students of LLB degree will be graded based on submission of projects for 25 marks. The course teacher will allot topics, which students will have to submit online. Presentations and viva voce also shall be conducted online, GU said.
The varsity, however, said that if regulations or guidelines are subsequently issued by the Bar Council of India, they will supersede the GU circular.
Earlier, Goa University had said that for general stream programmes like BA, BCom, BSc in affiliated colleges, only final year exam will be held from July 1 and for first and second year evaluation will be done based on ISA.
In the case of BE students, the university said that those in the second, fourth and sixth semesters will be graded based on marks scored by them in the internal tests given during the current semester. They will also have the option to answer a second internal test to be held based on portion covered up to March 14, 2020. The third internal tests will be based on portion covered after March 14 till the end of the term.
“The best of the three internal test marks scored by a students shall be considered as her/his sessional marks and scaled upward to compute the end semester marks of the course,” GU registrar has said.
Earlier, GU had said that exams for BE for all semesters will be conducted by the concerned colleges during June-July. This now stands altered.