APPENDIX-I : GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA-REGULATIONS, COURSES OF STUDY AND SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS FOR JOB-ORIENTED PRE-UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA COURSES

1. Qualifications for Admission :

(a) Admission to all the Vocational courses listed in Annexure-1, shall, in general, be open to all students who have passed.

(i) The S.S.L.C. Examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Board ; or,

(ii) The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination; or

(iii) An other Examination recognised as equivalent to the Karnataka S.S.L.C. Examination.

(b) Admission shall be made on the basis of merit in the qualifying Examination and an aptitude test prescribed by Government.

2. Duration of the Course :

(i) The course of study shall extend over a period of

2 academic years coterminus with the P.U.C. Classes.

(ii) The duration of the course, the scheme of teaching, training and Examination in subjects listed under PART-I of the course shall be common to both Academic and Vocational streams.

(iii) The teaching, training and Examination of subjects under PART-II of the Vocational courses, shall be arranged under a SEMESTER SCHEME consisting of 4 Semesters of 4 months each.

(iv) The Scheme shall also include period of intensive practical training in Vocational courses during the Summer Vacations wherever necessary.

3. Medium of instruction and Examinations

The Medium of instruction and Examination in the course shall be ENGLISH or KANNADA.

4. Courses of Study

(i) The details of the subjects to be studied and the number of hours/week allotted for them in both PART-I and II is separately specified for each course. The subjects to be studied under PART-I shall be common to both Academic and Vocational streams and shall consist of :

                       
                      1.  Kannada/or any other Indian Language     4 hrs./Week
                      2. English .    .    .    .    .    .    .   4 hrs./Week
                                                 

There shall be Examinations in the above papers of PART-I for the Academic and Vocational streams.

(ii) For Part-II Subjects :

For each Theory paper as also Drawing, there shall be a maximum of 100 marks distributed for evaluation as under :

For each subject of 1st & 3rd Semesters

        
                      Continuous internal assessment .    .    .     50 Marks
                      Internal Examinations at end of Semester .     50 Marks 
                      (3 hrs. paper)
                                                 

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For each subject of the 2nd & 4th Semesters

        
                      Continuous Internal assessment.     .    .     50 Marks
                      External  Examinations  at end of
                      Semester   .    .    .    .    .    .    .     50 Marks
                        (3 hrs. paper)
                                                 

(iii) Each practical under 11 shall carry a maximum of 100 marks distributed as under :

For each practical of 1st & 3rd Semesters

                      Continuous internal assessment .    .    .     50 Marks
                      Internal  Examination  at the end 
                      of Semester     .    .    .    .    .    .     50 Marks
                       (3 hrs. paper)
                                                 

For each practical of the 2nd & 4th Semesters

        
                      Continuous internal assessment .    .    .     50 Marks
                      External  Examination  at the end 
                      of Semester     .    .    .    .    .    .     50 Marks 
                       (3 hrs. paper)
                                                 

(iv) The practical experience or field training or in plant training or intensive practical training arranged shall be valued on the basis of daily record prepared by the candidate as an internal assessment only for a maximum of 50 marks.

(v) An additional 50 marks shall also be' prescribed as a maximum for Evaluation of report on the Educational Tour, if any, when prescribed for the subjects in Part- II.

5. Minimum Attendance :

(i) A Candidate shall put in a minimum, of 75 per cent attendance in each of the subjects of Part-I.

(ii) A Candidate shall put in a minimum of 80 per cent average attendance taking attendance in all the subjects of Part-II for both the semesters of the, year together.

6. Condonation of Shortage of attendance :

(i) Heads of Institutions shall have powers to condone 15 per cent shortage in attendance for both 5 (i) & 5 (ii) above for valid reasons.

(ii) Those candidates who fail to put in the minimum acceptable attendance as per Clause (5) read with (6) (i) above are required to repeat the course afresh in all respects.

7. Admission to the Examination:

Admission to the External Examinations at the end of 2nd & 4th Semesters shall be open to candidates,

(i) who satisfy the attendance requirements as per Clauses 5 and 6(i) above,

(ii) and Whose progress and conduct is satisfactory as per the certificate of the Head of the Institution.

8. Minimum for a pass :

(a) Candidates who secure not less than 30 per cent in the subjects and 35 per cent in the,aggregate for Part-I shall be declared to have passed in Part-I.

(b) No Candidate shall be daclared to have passed any Examination in a subject under Part. -II unless he obtains not less than 40 per cent of the marks in each of the theory papers and 50 per cent in each of the practicals perscribed for the Examination for both internal assessment and examination at the end of the Semester put together for that paper.

9. Classification of successful candidates

(a) Candidates who obtain 60 per cent and above of the maximum marks for each part shall be declared to have passed that part in FIRST CLASS.

(b) Candidates who obtain 50 per cent and above marks but less than 60 per cent of the maximum for each part shall be placed in SECOND CLASS for that part.

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(c) All other successful candidates shall be placed in the PASS CLASS in the respective parts.

10. Promotion from one Semester to another :

(a) Promotion from the first semester to the second and from the third semester to the fourth is automatic.

(b) However, promotion to the third semester shall be subject to the condition that a candidate should not have failed in more than three papers in all of the Ist and IInd semesters put together.

(c) The marks once awarded for internal assessment shall be final unless the student is permitted to repeat the course afresh.

(d) The results of the final semester shall be withheld until a candidate has passed in all the papers of all the semesters and has submitted the report of the inplant or intensive practical training diary and the same has been valued and judged as satisfactory, as per Clause 4(iv) above.

        
                   Vocationalisation at the XIth & XIIth Standards 
                             Job Oriented Pre-University 
                                   Diploma Courses
                                  Duration : 2 Years
                                      Annexure-1
        
SI. No. Code No. Subjects
1. TE 1.01 Building Construction Technology 2. TE 2.01 Servicing Technology (Office Equipment) 3. TE 3.01 Electrical Wiring & Servicing of Electrical Appliances 4. TE 6.01 Clock & Watch Repair Technology 5. TE 7.01 Photography 6. Ag 1.01 Poultry Science 7. Ag 1.02 Dairying 8. Ag 1.03 Sericulture 9. Ag 1.04 Fisheries 10. Ag 1.05 Co-operation 11. Ag 1.06 Pesticides, Fertilisers & Weedicides 12. HE 1.01 Laboratory Technician 13. HE 1.02 Physio-Therapy and Occupational Therapy Technician 14. HE 1.03 X-Ray Technician (Radiological Assistant) 15. HE 1.04 Medical Record Technician 16. HE 1.05 Optician & Refractionist 17. HE 1.06 Multipurpose Basic Health Workers (Male) 18. HE 1.07 Psychiatric Assistant *19. Ph 1.01 Pharmaceutics operator *20. Ph 1.02 Pharmaceutical Laboratory Assistant 21. B. 1.01 Banking 22. B. 1.02 Materials Management Technology *23. B. 1.03 Accountancy and Taxation 24. B. 1.04 Accountancy & Auditing 25. B. 1.05 Accountancy & Costing.

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