Two-Years Higher Secondary Course is governed by the rules and regulations of Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC). The course comprises of two academic years viz. i) First Year and ii) Second Year which is also called as Final Year. Admission to the HS course starts immediately after the announcement of HSLC Examination result by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA). The admission schedule is announced in accordance with the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council‟s notifications.
Eligibility
For seeking admission to the First Year of Higher Secondary Course, a candidate must have passed H.S.L.C. Examination of Board of Secondary Education (SEBA) or Secondary Examination of CBSE or other Boards examination recognised by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC). Candidates other than SEBA will have to produce Migration Certificate in due time, else their candidature will be cancelled.
Admission in H.S. Course will be given strictly on the basis of merit, and Admission Committee will finalise the list of candidates for admission. There is a provision for reservation of seats for students belonging to SC, ST, OBC, MOBC, PWD, etc.
Any break in studies after passing HSLC or equivalent examination must be supported by a „GAP‟ Certificate issued as per specified proforma by an appropriate authority.
COURSE-CURRICULA
The course and curricula of H.S. are conducted as per the rules and regulations of the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC). Students seeking admission in HS First Year will have three core subjects and can choose four elective subjects from the list given below, of which three elective subjects are mandatory, and the fourth elective is optional and will not carry any extra marks. As per Council‟s guidelines, marks of the best three elective subjects will be considered.
Core | Elective |
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M.I.L. * (Bengali) /Alternative English |
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General English |
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Environment Education | Geography |
* A student who opted for the M.I.L. subject other than Bengali will have to take permission from the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC), Guwahati.
N.B.: – Change of subject(s) after admission is not encouraged. However, in special circumstances, application for change of subject (s) is required to be made to the principal through the respective HoDs within one month from the date of admission. Application received thereafter will not be accepted.
The Course comprises two examinations viz. i) First Year and ii) Second Year or Final Year. Promotion to Second Year or Final Year depends on the successful completion of the first year examination conducted under the guidelines of Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, Guwahati. The unsuccessful candidates in H.S. first year and H.S. second year may re-appear as per rules of AHSEC at the next final examination as non-collegiate candidate.
Pattern of Annual / Final Examination
PAPER | TOTAL MARKS | |
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FIRST YEAR | SECOND YEAR | |
General English | 100 | 100 |
M.I.L./ Alternative English | 100 | 100 |
Elective-I | 100 | 100 |
Elective II | 100 | 100 |
Elective III | 100 | 100 |
Environmental Education | 50 | --- |
Grand Total | 505 | 500 |
In addition to the examinations conducted by Council, for comprehensive study and to keep students involved with studies after completion of each unit/chapter respective subject teacher will assess the achievement of each student. Besides, there will be two Unit Tests, and the schedule for the same will be notified to the Notice Board by the Examination Cell.
The Three Year Degree Course (TDC) under CBCS in Arts offered by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Govt. Model College, Katlicherra, is affiliated to Assam University, Silchar, and as such, is governed by the rules and regulations of the University. The TDC course is divided into six semesters with internal examinations/assignments/seminars and an end semester examination in each semester. The University conducts all the semester examinations, and after satisfactory performances in all the semesters, a candidate will be awarded the final degree on the basis of a composite score of all the semesters.
The institution provides a three-year degree Couse (TDC) under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). The duration of TDC (CBCS) is three years, and each year consists of two semesters each of six months‟ duration. There are two programmes in TDC (CBCS) namely; TDC (CBCS) Honours and TDC (CBCS) General.
A student registered under the TDC (CBCS) programme under Assam University may be eligible for the award of degree if he/she has successfully completed the six end semester examinations and fulfil all the credits. An eligible candidate, on successful completion of the TDC (CBCS) Honours programme by passing all the papers of the prescribed Courses as per the Course Structure with a minimum of 148 credits, may be awarded B.A. (Honours) degree. Those under TDC (CBCS) General programme may be awarded Bachelor‟s Degree in Arts (B.A.) on successful completion of the programme by passing all the papers of the prescribed courses as per the concerned Course Structure with a minimum of 132 credits.
The total number of seats available for TDC Arts is 200 (two hundred). The following subjects are available in the Arts stream
The institution provides honours in the following subjects with the given intake capacity.
Subject | Intake Capacity |
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English | 20 |
History | 20 |
Bengali | 20 |
Political | Science | 20
Economics | 20 |
Education | 20 |
Geography | 20 |
Where DSC-I and DSC-II will be the Discipline Specific Core(s) (Different order of arrangement of subjects in the same combination is allowed) depending upon the choice of degree. The degree will be offered in „B.A. in X” if a student chooses a combination as X, Y (note that X is the first subject of combination). E.g. if he/she chooses a combination as Economics, Political Science, he/she will be offered as BA in Economics. Also, if a student chooses the order of combination as Political Science, History he/she will be offered as BA in Political Science etc.
Note: The choice of subject in combination with Mathematics will be allowed for only Economics and Geography.
Subjects available for opting TDC (CBCS) Honours Arts are:
English, Bengali, Economics, Education, Political Science, History, Geography
Where courses for TDC Honours will be AECC-1, CORE-1, CORE-2, and GE-1 (any one of the subjects of DSC-II).
Note: Mathematics will be allowed only with Economics and Geography.
As per the Government rules, some seats are kept reserved for SC/ST/OBC/MOBC/PWD/Sports/NCC/NSS/Cultural/Employees wards etc. All the reservation seats are filled subject to the submission of the document(s) to justify the claim in the respective reserved seat from a competent authority.
For admission in TDC first semester Arts, the candidate must have passed H. S. Final Examination or its equivalent Examinations conducted by any recognised University/Board/Council, which shall be treated as qualifying examinations. A candidate is eligible to choose TDC (CBCS) Honours if he/she has a good academic record with not less than 50% marks in the concerned subject in the qualifying examination.
Course-wise distribution of the number of papers, credits and marks is shown below:
Course wise distribution of the numbers of papers credits and marks for BA
Credit and Marks distribution for general
Class Attendance
Class Attendance Percentage of each subject in each semester shall be calculated on the basis of the total class attended percent number of classes held in the semester. A student with less than 75 % of attendance on an average of all the papers of the concerned semester shall not be allowed to appear in end semester examination, but the candidate can take admission in the next semester and appear in similar examinations if he/she has secured the passing marks in the previous semesters otherwise they have to reappear the Unit Test in the concerned paper along with the regular students. If the students secure passing marks in all the Unit Tests in the previous semesters, then CAA shall be carried on.
Examination Details
As mentioned above, the TDC programme is split into six semesters. In each semester, we have CAA and ESE [for full form, see Appendix-A], and the marks obtained in each paper of every semester is CAA+ESE. The marks obtained by the students in CAA is calculated by the marks he/she has obtained in 2 Unit Test/ Assignments/Seminar [Except AECC and SEC] and the marks in attendance.
Important Notes for Examination
Dropping of Honours