A meeting of the IQAC was held on 30.8.17 at 12 pm for framing the rules for CBCS i.e Choice Based Credit System. The meeting was attended by Prof N S Bawa, Prof Bhalla, Prof H S Grover, and Prof T D Dogra, Dr Akshay Munjal. Prof Turan could not attend the meeting.
Prof N S Bawa provided the following inputs:
- To confine the system to Undergraduate courses
- Not applicable to postgraduate courses
- Difficult to accommodate extra courses in the present timetable which is already fixed
- How to incorporate the extra subject in the mark sheet
- How to incorporate the choice subject marks in the original degree
- The UGC does not allow extra charge for the extra subject
- For teaching the extra subject should the faculty go to teach the subject or students from different faculties come there.
In view of these deliberations the following was decided:
- The CBCS shall only be applied to undergraduate courses
- It should not be counted as part of the degree course
- A separate certificate shall be issued to the candidate mentioning the credit score and adequate when achieved by the student
- It shall be necessary for all students to opt for One compulsory elective and one optional elective subject but this should not be counted as a qualifying criteria for award of degree
- Classes will be held in the faculty offering the courses twice a week
- Classes will be arranged so that they do not clash with the classes of the original degree courses
- The preparation execution and examination shall be the responsibility of the faculty offering the course
- The timetable of the degree course shall be arranged in such a manner that on Wednesday and Friday 3-4 pm students are free from their degree courses
- The compulsory elective English and communication skills course applicable to all faculties should be an integral part of the degree program as per department of languages.
- The Professional courses regulated by various councils shall not apply CBCS is in their teaching without permission from their respective councils.
- A committee consisting of a Principal Pharmacy Prof Bhalla, Prof N S Bawa, Prof Turan along with Prof H S Grover as member secretary is constituted to over see the implementation of CBCS at SGT University.