Nursing college

Regulations of M.G. University

1. University examination shall be conducted ordinarily twice in a year.
2. Candidate shall register for all parts of examination in their first appearance.
3. Candidates who have undergone the prescribed course of study for a period not less than 10 (Ten) months of the academic year only can appear for the examination. No candidate shall be admitted to any part of examination unless he/she has secured a minimum of 80% or above attendance for classes as well as practicals in each subject.
4. (a) A  candidate,  who  is  absent  for  a  total  of  more   than   60 days
   continuously within a period of three months during an academic year, shall not be eligible to continue the course with the same batch of students. He/she may obtain special sanction for re-admission with the junior batch of students from higher authorities (University/ DME/Govt. of Kerala).
   (b) Candidates who fail to appear for the examination in any part or parts owing to the shortage of required attendance shall make amends for the lost attendance before appearing for the succeeding examination. If the shortage is beyond the condonable limit, the candidate should repeat with junior batch.
   (c) Condonation will be permitted only for theory.
5. A candidate must have 100% attendance in each of the practical areas before issuing course completion certificate.
6. Minimum pass mark shall be 50% (fifty percentage) for internal examination, both theory and practical. If any candidate is not having the minimum class average mark (internal assessment) of  50%, he/she   shall not be allowed to appear for the University examination in any subject of that particular year of study.
   Calculation of internal marks shall be based on the ongoing and continuous assessment as specified below:
   (i) Theory:-
   Periodic written examination throughout the year. Average of minimum  3  examinations for each   subject and evaluation by other methods like  assignments,  seminars, projects etc.
   (ii) Practical (clinical):-
   (a) Continuous clinical evaluation during the clinical experience of the student as specified by the specific institution including nursing care study, clinical presentation, planned health teaching programme, projects etc.
   (b) Clinical/Practical examination conducted in the concerned practical area.
7. Maximum number of attempts permitted for each paper is 3 (three), including the first attempt.
8. A candidate has to pass in theory and practical examination separately in each of the papers.
9. Minimum pass marks shall be 50% (Fifty percent) in each of the theory and practical papers separately for University examination.
10. If a Candidate fails in either theory or practical paper, he/she has to reappear for both the papers (Theory and practical) of that subject.
11. No Candidate shall be admitted to the subsequent higher examination unless he/she passed the previous examination. For eg. No candidate shall be admitted to Second year  B.Sc. Nursing Examination unless he/she passed first year B.Sc. Nursing Degree Examination.
12. A candidate failing in more than two subjects will not be promoted to the next year.
13. A candidate who fails in any paper or part or in the examination may appear for that paper or whole examination during the subsequent examination.
14. The maximum period to complete the course successfully should not exceed 8 years from the date of admission to the course.
15. A Candidate who secure the minimum 50% marks for pass, as specified in the scheme of examination shall be declared passed in the examination. Candidates who pass all parts of examination on the first occasion of appearing thereof shall be ranked in order of proficiency as determined by the total marks obtained and shall be arranged in two classes.

Second class: Candidates who have passed the examination with an aggregate of 50% and above.
First class: Those who have secured 65% marks aggregate or above.
Distinction: Those students who have secured aggregate 75% (Seventy five percent) or above marks be awarded distinction. Candidates who pass in the First class and who obtain not less than 75% of the marks in any subject shall be deemed to have passed with distinction in that subject. Candidates who pass the examination in subsequent appearance shall be ranked only in Second class.
Rank in the Examination: Aggregate marks of all the 4 years regular examinations shall be considered for awarding rank for the B.Sc. Nursing Examination. (A consolidated mark list consisting of marks of all 4 year examination shall be given to all students).