Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata: Come 2010, it will be OK for Calcutta University students to take six laidback years to be graduates. The B.A., B.Sc and B.Com courses will still be three-year courses. But a student will have the leeway to clear his subjects at any time of his choice during the six-year period. He might skip or even fail in a given number of subjects, but will be promoted to the next year under a credit system and no-detention policy adopted by the university.
The university’s Undergraduate Council took a decision on Thursday, blessing the above arrangement. “The university had introduced the Part I, Part II and Part III exam at the end of each year with a view to starting a credit system and a semester system. Now we are introducing the credit system and with it a no-detention policy. Under the new arrangement, a student wouldn’t be detained in a class even he fails in a paper or skips it. He will have six years to finish the course,” V-C Suranjan Das said.
A committee headed by pro vice-chancellor (academic) Dhrubajyoti Chottopadhyay will look into the nuances of implementing the system. It will table its report in three weeks. “We have agreed, in principle, to start a credit system and a no-detention policy. Once the committee tables its report, we will change the university statute,” Das said. “A student may pick any year in the six-year period to complete his course. We will declare him “passed” in that particular year and give him a consolidated mark-sheet. But he will have to spend at least three years on the course,” Das added.
The no detention policy and credit system will be applicable for both honors and general course students.
Highlights
*Exams can be spaced out or clubbed according to a student’s convenience
*No matter how well or badly he does, he will promoted to the next year
*He will have to spend a minimum of three years on the course and must complete it in six years
