PPT about Choice Based Credit and Semester System

1. CHOICE BASED CREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM
(CBCSS)
Tiji Thomas
Head of The Department
Department of Computer Applications
MACFAST , Tiruvalla
tiji@macfast.org

2. NEED FOR ACADEMIC REFORMS IN INDIAN HIGHER
EDUCATION.
 Are we effectively transforming our students as
knowledge practitioners?
 Are our students merely loaded with information
and compelled to memorize the whole lot of them?
 Have we been successful in elevating our students
to such a level that they could critically assimilate
and comprehend whatever they have gathered?
 Are our students endowed with talents to acquire
skills so that they can make things happen?

3. RECOMMENDATION OF THE UGC IN ITS ACTION PLAN FOR ACADEMIC AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS (REF. UGC LETTERS JANUARY 2008; MARCH 2009
“……. Curricular flexibility and learners’ mobility is an issue that
warrants our urgent attention. These can be addressed by
introducing credit based courses and credit accumulation. In order to
provide with some degree of flexibility to learners, we need to
provide for course duration in terms of credit hours and also a
minimum as well as a maximum permissible span of time in which a
course can be completed by a learner… The Choice-Based Credit
System (CBCS) imminently fits into the emerging socioeconomic
milieu, and could effectively respond to the educational and
occupational aspirations of the upcoming generations. In view of this,
institutions of higher education in India would do well to invest
thought and resources into introducing CBCS. Aided by modern
communication and information technology, CBCS has a high
probability to be operationalized efficiently and effectively —
elevating learners, institutions and higher education system in the
country to newer heights…”

4. GLOBAL LEVEL
All the major higher education providers across the
globe are operating a system of credits.
The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), the
‘National Qualifications Framework’ in Australia, the
Pan-Canadian Protocol on the Transferability of
University Credits, the Credit Accumulation and
Transfer System (CATS) in the UK as well as the
systems operating in the US, Japan, etc are
examples of these.

5. WHAT IS CBCS
CBCS is an instructional package developed to suit the
needs of students to keep pace with the developments in
higher education and the quality assurance expected of it
in the light of liberalization and globalization in higher
education.
CBCS essentially implies a redefining of the curriculum
into smaller measurable entities with the hours required for
studying/‘learning’ these – not ‘’teaching’ - being at the
primary focus and the development of a mechanism
whereby theses modules can be combined in different
ways so as to qualify for a Certificate, Diploma or Degree

6. Advantages of CBCS
CBCS Represents a much-required shift in focus
from teacher-centric to learner-centric education
since the workload estimated is based on the
investment of time in learning, not in teaching.
CBCS Helps to record course work and to document
learner workload realistically since all
activities are taken into account - not only the time
learners spend in lectures or seminars
but also the time they need for individual learning and
the preparation of examinations etc.

7. CBCSS – KEY TERMS
1. 'Programme' means the entire course of study
and examinations (traditionally referred to as
course). In order to use common terminology,
therefore, let us refer to BCA ,BA, B.Sc and
B.Com as Programs, not Courses
2. 'Duration of programmes’ means the time
period required for the conduct of the programme.
The duration of an undergraduate degree
programme shall be six semesters distributed in
a period of 3 years.

8. 3. ‘Semester’ means a term consisting of a
minimum of 6 months including the days of
examination.
4. 'Course' means a segment of subject matter
to be covered in a semester (traditionally
referred to as paper).
Example : Problem Solving and Computer Programming in
C
5. 'Common Course' means a course that
comes under the category of courses, including
compulsory English and additional language
courses and a set of general courses, selection of
which is compulsory for all students undergoing
undergraduate programmes.

9. 6. 'Core course' means a compulsory course in
a subject related to a particular degree
programme.
Example : Accounting & Programming in Cobol(
BCA Syllabus)
7. 'Open Course' means a course which can be
opted by a student at his/her choice.
(The Open Courses that can be chosen by the
student shall be from among the courses
prescribed by the respective Board of Studies)

10. 8. 'Complementary Course' means a course which
is generally related to the core course
(traditionally referred to as subsidiary paper).
Example : Mathematic and Basic Stattistics in BCA
programme

11. 9. 'Repeat Course' is a course that is repeated by a
student for having failed in that course in an
earlier registration.
10. 'Improvement course' is a course registered
by a student for improving his performance in
that particular course. Improvement should be
made in the first immediate chance.
11. Credit.(Cr.) of a course is a measure of the
weekly unit of work assigned for the course.

12. 12. Letter Grade. or simply grade in a course is a letter
symbol (A,B,C,D,E) which indicates the level of
performance of a student in a course.
Deficiencies in the existing marking system
Grading Systems

13. 13. Each letter is assigned a Grade Point (G)
which is integer indicating the numerical
equivalent of the broad level of performance of a
student in a course.
14. 'Credit Point (P) of a course is the value obtained
by multiplying the Grade Point
(G) by the Credits (Cr.) of the course P = G x Cr.

14. 15. 'Semester Grade Point Average' (SGPA) is the
value obtained by dividing the sum of Credit
Points (P) obtained by a student in the various
courses taken in a semester by the total number
of Credits taken by him/her in that semester.
The Grade Point shall be rounded off to two
decimal places. SGPA determines the overall
performance of a student at the end of a
semester.
Example

15. 16. 'Cumulative Grade Point Average' (CGPA) is
the value obtained by dividing the sum of credit
points in all the courses taken by the student for
the entire programme by the total number of
Credits and shall be rounded off by two decimal
places.
Example CGPA -

16.  BCA Syllabus
 BCA Sheme

17. PATTERN OF QUESTIONS
 Example
 Example Question Paper

18. ANSWER SHEET CALCULATION
 Example

20. MR. SAM PITRODA, CHAIRMAN , THE NATIONAL
KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION (NKC)
it is important for us to recognize that there is a quiet
crisis in higher education in India
which runs deep. And the time has come to address
this crisis in a systematic, forthright
manner. …. There is today a need for a transition to a
course credit system where degrees are granted on
the basis of completing a requisite number of credits
from different courses, which provides learners with
choices….

21. THANK YOU