INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
For several decades, examination and evaluation of
students for most courses in the University of Delhi was
based on a system of annual examinations. There were many
drawbacks to this scheme and in response to a growing
demand, the University in 2003 introduced internal
assessment as an integral part of the evaluation of
students. The highlights of this scheme are:
1) 25% marks in each paper in undergraduate courses is
reserved for internal assessment of which 2/5th depends on
performance in House Examinations conducted by each
College. An additional 2/5th is reserved for assessment
based on written assignments, tutorials, project reports,
term papers, and seminars. The remaining 1 /5th is based
on attendance in lectures and tutorials.
2) 25%
marks in each paper of postgraduate courses is reserved
for internal assessment based on regularity in attendance,
class tests, house examinations, written assignments,
project reports, term papers, seminars, and field work.
Provision
has been made for monitoring committees for internal
assessment both at the college and the University level.
College monitoring committees are discipline based,
comprising current and previous Teachers-in-charge of
departments. The University Monitoring Committee for
internal assessment consists of the Dean of Colleges as
Chairperson, three other Deans, one of whom must be a
member of the Executive Council, and the Controller of
Examinations who functions as its Member Secretary.
Currently the scheme is applicable only to students in the
regular streams of the University.