St. Joseph’s PG College, being an Autonomous college, conducts its own examinations through the Examination Branch headed by a Controller of Examinations along with Additional Controllers, Computer Programmers, Office Assistants, Data Entry Operators and other support staff.
Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation incorporating both Scholastic and non-scholastics aspects of education spread over the total span of instructional time. Evaluation at the Institution level is streamlined and the predominance of external examinations is reduced.
MBA Examination System
The Semester Examinations are conducted in the ratio 40:60. 40% of marks are allotted for internal examinations and 60% is allotted for External examinations for both Theory & Practical. Two Internal Assessment tests, Skilled Based Test and End Semester Examination are centralized and are conducted as per the schedule spelt out in the Almanac/Handbook. The continuous assessment enables the teacher to monitor the student performance and mentor them for improvement.
The Examination Branch conducts the Examinations and declares the results. The results are approved by the Result Review Committee consisting of Principal, Controller of Examinations, Asst. Controller of Examinations, Deans and all Heads of the Departments. The results are declared in the presence of Osmania University Examination branch representatives. The results are displayed on the college notice boards and published in the college website.
The examination branch issues semester memorandum of marks, consolidated marks sheets and Provisional Certificate. The Degree Certificate is issued to the students from the affiliating University along with the college name.
The Examination Branch maintains the marks records of the students admitted to various courses. It carries its activities in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations by UGC/Osmania University seeking approval from the college authorities and statutory bodies. The Students are governed by the rules and regulations framed by the Examination Branch of the College.
Rules & Regulations
Post Graduate course- Master of Business Administration follows semester pattern with respect to Teaching and Evaluation process. The Academic year is divided into Two Semesters. Each Semester has two Internal Examinations and End-Semester Examination.
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is introduced in the college for Post Graduation from the Academic Year 2015 – 2016.
Examination system has two components
- Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA)
- End Semester Assessment (ESA)
Theory Papers: Total marks 100 (40 for CIA and 60 for ESA)
Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA)
| Theory Papers | |
| Internal – I Examination | 30 marks |
| Internal – II Examination | 30 marks |
| Skill Based Test (SBT) | 10 marks |
| Total | (Internal – I + Internal – II) / 2 + SBT = 40 marks |
| Practical Papers | |
| Internal Practical Exam | |
| Viva- voce | 20 marks |
| Record submission | |
| Execution | |
| Total | 20 marks |
Note: No Re-Examination will be conducted if the student is absent for internal examinations (The rule applies for both theory and practical papers).
End Semester Assessment (ESA)
- Written Examination for each subject is conducted for 60 marks with duration of 3 hours.
- Students have to secure a minimum of 24 marks (40%) out of 60 in End Semester Examination and a total of 40(CIA+ESA) marks out of 100 marks to pass in every subject.
SGPA Calculation
Credit Points = Credits x Grade Points
SGPA = Sum of Credit Points Obtained in a Semester/Total No of Credits
Note: No SGPA is given if a student fails in any of the paper
CGPA Calculation
CGPA = Sum of SGPA of all Semesters * Credits per semester / Sum of Credits of all Semesters
Note: CGPA is calculated only when the candidate passes in all the papers of all the semesters.
The final result at the end of all the semesters is declared in the form of CGPA, however the total marks secured by the candidate and the aggregate marks will be printed on the consolidated grade report.
Promotion Rules
Post Graduate Courses
| S.No. | Semester | Conditions to be fulfilled for Promotion |
| 1 | From Sem-I to Sem-II | Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem -I and applied for Sem-I examinations |
| 2 | From Sem-II to Sem-III | Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem-II and applied for Sem-II examinations |
| The number of backlogs if any of Sem -I &Sem-II together shall not exceed 50% of total No. of papers prescribed for Sem-I & II | ||
| 3 | From Sem-III to Sem-IV | Should have undergone a regular course of study of Sem -III and applied for Sem-III examinations |
Note: If the student has not submitted the examination application for the semester Examinations due to any reason he/she has to repeat the semester.
Backlog & Improvement Examination
Post Graduate Courses
MBA
- Along with the Semester-II Regular Examination, Backlog/Improvement Examination of Semester-I (Current Batch only) will be conducted.
- Along with the Semester-IV Regular Examination, Backlog/Improvement Examination of Semester- I, II, III & IV (Any Batch) will be conducted.
- In improvement examination, student will get only one chance to appear for improvement in the immediate succeeding semester.
Note: A student is allowed to appear for improvement examination, only if, he has cleared all the subjects in the respective semester.
Recounting Rules
- Within 10 days from the date of declaration of results, student has to apply for recounting, by paying specified amount mentioned in the recounting notification.
- The application has to be submitted in a prescribed format along with the fee receipt and copy of marks memo
- The recounting results will be declared within 30 days from the last date of the recounting form submission.
- The students whose marks have improved in the recounting will be displayed and a new memo will be issued in exchange of old memo.
Note: The students whose marks have not improved in the recounting will not be mentioned in the list.
Result Declaration & Award of Degree
- End Semester Examination Results are declared through the College Website (www.josephspgcollege.ac.in)
- The Final Degree is awarded by the parent University (Osmania University)
- The name of the college will be mentioned in the Degree certificate along with Osmania University.
Original Degree Certificates
Prescribed application form for obtaining the Degree Certificate before convocation is available in the Examination Branch of the College and Degree in Absentia after the convocation is available at the Osmania University Press. The application form has to be submitted with the following enclosures
- Xerox copies of SSC & intermediate certificates or equivalent
- Xerox copies of provisional certificate and consolidated memorandum of marks of the qualifying examination.
- Xerox copies of Aadhar/driving license or any photo ID proof
- Demand draft for the prescribed fee issued by any nationalized bank drawn in favour of the Controller of Examinations payable at the SBH, OU Branch, Hyderabad.
The provisional certificate is issued to the candidates before convocation or within one year from the year of passing the examination.