Examinations

EXAMINATION FEE SCHEDULE

The examination fee should be as per the notification issued by the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET), Andhra Pradesh, from time to time.

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SCHEME OF EVALUATION

a) First Year

Theory Courses: Each Course carries Maximum marks of 80 with an end examination of 3 hours duration, along with internal assessment for Maximum of 20 marks (Sessional marks). However, there are no minimum marks prescribed for sessionals.

Laboratory Courses: There shall be 40/20 Marks for internal assessment i.e. sessional marks for each practical Course with an end examination of 3 hours duration carrying 60/30 marks. However, there are no minimum marks prescribed for sessional.

b) III, IV, V, VI and VII Semesters

Theory Courses: End semester evaluation shall be of 3 hours duration and for a maximum of 80 marks.

Laboratory Courses: Each Course carries 60/30 marks of 3 hours duration and 40/20 sessional marks.

Internal Assessment Scheme

a) Theory Courses

Internal assessment shall be conducted for awarding Sessional marks on the dates specified. Three-unit tests shall be conducted for I Year students and two Unit Tests for semesters. The details are presented below.

S. No.	Type of Assessment	Weightage Assigned
(i)	Testing of knowledge through mid-examination for year/semester (Mid-1 + Mid-2 + Mid-3) or (Mid-1 + Mid-2)	40
(ii)	Assignments	5
(iii)	Dynamic Learning Activities: Project Work / Seminar / Tech-Fest / Group Discussion / Quizzes / Extra-curricular Activities / NSS / NCC / IPSGM / Cleaning & Greening of Campus etc.	5
TOTAL		50

Internal Assessment shall be of 90 minutes duration and for a maximum of 40 marks for each test.

At least one assignment should be completed for each unit which carries 10 marks.
The total assignment marks should be reduced to 5.
The dynamic learning activity is to be conducted which carries 10 marks. The total marks should be reduced to 5.
The total 50 marks assigned to internal assessment is to be scaled down to 20 marks.

b) Practical Courses

(i) Drawing Courses

The award of Sessional marks for Internal Assessment shall be as given in the following table:

First Year (Total: 40 Marks)		Semesters (Total: 40 Marks)
Max: 20 Marks	Max: 20 Marks	Max: 20 Marks	Max: 20 Marks
From the Average of THREE Unit Tests	From the Average of Assessment of Regular Class Work Exercises	From the Average of TWO Unit Tests	From the Average of Assessment of Regular Class Work Exercises

For first year Engineering Drawing, each unit test will be conducted for a duration of 2 hours with maximum marks of 40.
(Part-A: 4 Questions × 5 Marks = 20 Marks; Part-B: 2 Questions × 10 Marks = 20 Marks).
For the semester Drawing examinations, Two Unit Tests shall be conducted as per the Board End Examination Question Paper Pattern.
All Drawing exercises are to be filed in serial order and secured for further scrutiny by a competent authority.

(ii) Laboratory Courses

(a) Student’s performance in Laboratories / Workshop shall be assessed during the year / semester of study for 40 marks in each practical Course.

(b) Evaluation for Laboratory Courses, other than Drawing Courses:

Instruction (teaching) in laboratory courses (except for the course on Drawing) hereafter shall be task / competency based as delineated in the Laboratory sheets, prepared by SBTET, AP & NITTTR-ECV and posted in SBTET website.
Internal assessment for Laboratory shall be done on the basis of task/s performed by the student as delineated in the laboratory sheets, prepared by SBTET, AP & NITTTR-ECV and posted in AP, SBTET website.
Question paper for End Semester Evaluation shall also be task/s based and shall be prepared and distributed by SBTET as done in case of theory courses and be prepared as per SBTET rules in vogue.

(c) Internal assessment in Labs / Workshops / Survey Field Work etc., during the course of study shall be done and sessional marks shall be awarded by the concerned Teacher.

(d) For practical examinations, except in Drawing, there shall be two examiners. External examiner shall be appointed by the Principal in consultation with the respective Head of Section preferably choosing a qualified person in the following order of preference:

Nearby Industry
Govt / Semi Govt organizations like R&B, PWD, PR, Railways, BSNL, APSRTC, APSEB etc.
Govt / University Engineering College
HoD / Senior Lecturer (Selection Grade-II) from the Govt. Polytechnic

Internal examiner shall be the person concerned with internal assessment as in (c) above. The end examinations shall be held along with all theory papers in respect of Drawing.

(e) Question Paper for Practicals: Question paper should cover the experiments / exercises prescribed to test various skills like handling, manipulating, testing, troubleshooting, repair, assembling and dismantling etc., from more than one experiment / exercise.

(f) Records pertaining to internal assessment marks of both theory and practical Courses are to be maintained for official inspection.

(g) In case of Diploma programs having Industrial Training, Internal Assessment and Summative Evaluation shall be done as illustrated in the following table:

Assessment No.	Upon Completion of	By	Based On	Max Marks
1	12 Weeks	1. The Faculty Concerned (Guide) 2. Training In-charge (Mentor) of the Industry	Learning Outcomes as given in the Scheme of Assessment for Industrial Training	120
2	22 Weeks	1. The Faculty Concerned (Guide) 2. Training In-charge (Mentor) of the Industry	Learning Outcomes as given in the Scheme of Assessment for Industrial Training	120
3 Final Summative Evaluation	24 Weeks	1. The Faculty Member Concerned 2. HoD Concerned 3. An External Examiner	1. Demonstration of any one of the skills listed in learning outcomes – 30 Marks 2. Training Report – 20 Marks 3. Viva Voce – 10 Marks	60
TOTAL				300

(h) Each staff member including Head of Section shall be assigned a batch of students (10 to 15) for making assessment during Industrial Training.

Minimum Pass Marks

a) Theory Examination

For passing a Theory Course, a candidate has to secure a minimum of 35% in End Examination and a combined minimum of 35% of both Sessional and End Examination marks put together.

Rules of Promotion From 1st Year to 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Semesters

A) For Diploma Courses of 3 Years Duration

A candidate shall be permitted to appear for first year examination provided he/she puts in 75% attendance (which can be condoned on Medical grounds up to 10%) and pays the examination fee.
A candidate shall be promoted to 3rd semester if he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the first year and pays the examination fee. A candidate who could not pay the first year examination fee has to pay the promotion fee as prescribed by State Board of Technical Education and Training, AP from time to time before commencement of 3rd semester.

A candidate is eligible to appear for the 3rd semester examination if he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 3rd semester and pays the examination fee.
A candidate shall be promoted to 4th semester provided he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 3rd semester and pays the examination fee. A candidate who could not pay the 3rd semester examination fee has to pay the promotion fee as prescribed by State Board of Technical Education and Training, AP from time to time before commencement of 4th semester.

A candidate is eligible to appear for the 4th semester examination if he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 4th semester and pays the examination fee.
A candidate shall be promoted to 5th semester provided he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 4th semester and pays the examination fee. A candidate who could not pay the 4th semester examination fee has to pay the promotion fee as prescribed by State Board of Technical Education and Training from time to time before commencement of 5th semester.

A candidate is eligible to appear for the 5th semester examination if he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 5th semester and pays the examination fee.
A candidate shall be sent to Industrial Training / VI Semester provided he/she puts in the required percentage of attendance in the 5th semester and pays the examination fee/promotion fee as prescribed by SBTET.

A candidate is eligible to appear for Industrial Training Assessment (Seminar/Viva-Voce) provided he/she puts the required percentage of attendance, i.e., 90% in 6th Semester Industrial Training.

For IVC & ITI Lateral Entry Students

A candidate shall be permitted to appear for Third Semester examination provided he/she puts in 75% attendance (which can be condoned on Medical grounds up to 10%) and pays the examination fee for Third Semester.
A candidate shall be promoted to 4th semester provided he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 3rd semester and pays the examination fee. A candidate who could not pay the 3rd semester examination fee has to pay the promotion fee as prescribed by State Board of Technical Education and Training, AP from time to time before commencement of 4th semester.

A candidate is eligible to appear for the 4th semester examination if he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 4th semester and pays the examination fee.
A candidate shall be promoted to 5th semester provided he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 4th semester and pays the examination fee. A candidate who could not pay the 4th semester examination fee has to pay the promotion fee as prescribed by State Board of Technical Education and Training from time to time before commencement of 5th semester.

A candidate is eligible to appear for the 5th semester examination if he/she puts the required percentage of attendance in the 5th semester and pays the examination fee.
A candidate shall be sent to Industrial Training / VI Semester provided he/she puts in the required percentage of attendance in the 5th semester and pays the examination fee/promotion fee as prescribed by SBTET.

A candidate is eligible to appear for Industrial Training Assessment (Seminar/Viva-Voce) provided he/she puts the required percentage of attendance, i.e., 90% in 6th Semester Industrial Training and pays the examination fee.

Structure of Examination Question Paper

I. Formative Assessment (Internal Examination)

a) For Theory Courses:

Three-unit tests for first year and two-unit tests for semesters shall be conducted with a duration of 90 minutes for each test for maximum marks of 40. It consists of Part A and Part B.

Part A contains five questions and carries 16 marks. Among these five questions, the first question consists of four objective items like one word or phrase answer, filling in the blanks, true or false, etc., with one mark for each question. The other four questions are short answer questions and carry three marks each.

Part B carries 24 marks and consists of three questions with internal choice i.e., Either/Or type, and each question carries 8 marks.

The sum of marks of 3 tests for I Year and 2 tests for semesters including assignments and Dynamic Learning Activities (50 marks) shall be reduced to 20 marks in each Course for arriving at final sessional marks.

b) For Drawing Courses:

For I Year:

Three-unit tests with duration of 90 minutes and for maximum marks of 40 marks shall be conducted for first year. It consists of Part A and Part B.

Part A consists of four questions for maximum marks of 16 and each question carries four marks (4 × 4 = 16 marks).

Part B carries maximum marks of 24 and consists of five questions while the student shall answer any three questions out of these five questions. Each question in this part carries a maximum mark of 8 (3 × 8 = 24 marks).

The sum of marks obtained in 3-unit test marks shall be reduced to 20 marks for arriving at final sessional marks. Remaining 20 marks are awarded by the Course teacher based on the student's performance during regular class exercise.

For Semester:

Two-unit tests with duration of 90 minutes and for maximum marks of 40 marks shall be conducted. The sum of marks obtained in 2-unit test marks shall be reduced to 20 marks for arriving at final sessional marks. Remaining 20 marks are awarded by the Course teacher based on the student's performance during regular class exercise.

c) For Laboratory / Workshop:

50% of total marks for the Course shall be awarded based on continuous assessment of the student in laboratory/workshop classes and the remaining 50% shall be based on the sum of the marks obtained by the students in two tests.

II. Summative Assessment (End Examination)

The question paper for theory examination is patterned in such a manner that the weightage of periods/marks allotted for each of the topics for a particular Course be considered. End Examination paper is of 3 hours duration.

a) Each Theory Paper consists of Section ‘A’ and ‘B’

Section ‘A’ with maximum marks of 30 contains 10 short answer questions. All questions are to be answered and each carries 3 marks, i.e., 10 × 3 = 30.

Section ‘B’ with maximum marks of 50 contains 8 essay type questions. Only 5 questions are to be answered and each carries 10 marks, i.e., 5 × 10 = 50.

Thus, the total marks for theory examinations shall be 80.

b) For Engineering Drawing Course (107)

Consists of Section ‘A’ and Section ‘B’.

Section ‘A’ with maximum marks of 20 contains four (4) questions. All questions in Section ‘A’ are to be answered to the scale and each carries 5 marks, i.e., 4 × 5 = 20.

Section ‘B’ with maximum marks of 40 contains six (6) questions. The student shall answer any four (4) questions out of the above six questions and each question carries 10 marks, i.e., 4 × 10 = 40.

c) Practical Examinations

For Workshop Practice and Laboratory Examinations, each student has to pick up a question paper distributed by Lottery System.

Particulars	Marks
Experiment / Exercise	50
Viva-Voce	10
Total	60

In case of practical examinations with 50 marks, the marks shall be distributed as:

Particulars	Marks
Experiment / Exercise	25
Viva-Voce	05
Total	30

In case of any change in the pattern of question paper, the same shall be informed sufficiently in advance to the candidates.

d) Note: Evaluation for Laboratory Courses, other than Drawing Courses

Instruction (teaching) in laboratory courses (except for the course on Drawing) hereafter shall be task/competency based as delineated in the Laboratory Sheets prepared by SBTET, AP and posted in its website.
Internal assessment for Laboratory shall be done on the basis of task/s performed by the student as delineated in the Laboratory Sheets prepared by SBTET, AP and posted in its website.
Question paper for End Semester Evaluation shall be prepared as per SBTET rules in vogue.

Issue of Memorandum of Marks

All candidates who appear for the end examination will be issued Memorandum of Marks without any payment of fee. However, candidates who lose the original Memorandum of Marks have to pay the prescribed fee to the Secretary, State Board of Technical Education and Training, A.P. for each duplicate memo from time to time.

Maximum Period for Completion of Diploma Programmes

Maximum period for completion of the Diploma courses is twice the duration of the course from the date of first admission (includes the period of detention and discontinuation of studies by student, etc.) failing which they will have to forfeit the claim for qualifying for the award of Diploma (they will not be permitted to appear for examinations after that date).

This rule applies for all Diploma Courses of 3 years and 3½ years of Engineering and Non-Engineering Courses.

Eligibility for Award of Diploma

A candidate is eligible for award of Diploma Certificate if he/she fulfills the following academic regulations:

He / She pursued a course of study for not less than 3 / 3½ academic years and not more than 6 / 7 academic years.
He / She has completed all the Courses.

Students who fail to fulfill all the academic requirements for the award of the Diploma within 6/7 academic years from the year of admission shall forfeit their seat in the course and their seat shall stand cancelled.