Elective Programme - Assessment and Marking

Elective Programme - Assessment and Marking

  • Report from the external supervisor certifying attendance and including a structured assessment of performance (punctuality, enthusiasm, commitment to the programme, teamwork if appropriate and whether the objectives of the programme were achieved) during the elective programme.

 

  • Structured assessment of a reflective report (1000 words), which must be submitted by each student, (for individual activities as well as group activities) to the internal supervisor, within two weeks of completion of the elective programme. The reflective report should include the following:

    ·               title of the programme,

    ·               aims,

    ·               whether the aims were  achieved,

    ·               highlights and good outcomes,

    ·               difficulties encountered,

    ·               how the programme would be of benefit to the student in the future,

    ·               any other comments (Refer to Assessment criteria below)

 

  • Structured assessment of a reflective report (500 - 600 words), which must be submitted by each student, (for individual activities as well as group activities) to the internal supervisor, within one month of completion of the elective programme. The reflective report should include the following: title of the programme, aims, whether the aims were achieved, highlights and good outcomes, difficulties encountered, how the programme would be of benefit to the student in the future, any other comments.

 

  • An oral examination and appropriate remedial measures would be implemented if either the supervisor’s report or the reflective reports is unsatisfactory.

 

  • No marks will be awarded for the elective programme. However, satisfactory completion of the elective programme is mandatory for a student to commence the professorial appointments.
  • Certificates of merit will be awarded to the three leading students based on the marks on the reflective report.

 

Assessment of the reflective report will be according to a rubric with categories of grading. 

  • Grading will be Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. The satisfactory category will further be divided in to Good and Very Good. 

Grading

Marks

Unsatisfactory 

49 or below 

Satisfactory 

 50-59 

Good 

60-69

Very good 

70 or above 

 

  • The following are the aspects to consider during assessment of reflective report.

Aspect of concern

Marks

Content

 

1.       Novelty of the topic, justification and clearly defined aims and objectives   

20

2.                    Description of their experience, whether they achieved their objectives and their feelings

20

3.                   Evaluation and Analysis of positive aspects and any negative aspects and difficulties encountered

20

4.                   Conclusions and impact on their personal and professional development during the programme and in the future

20

5.                   Action Plan for future personal and professional development and strategies which could be adopted to overcome any negative aspects and difficulties encountered

20

Sub Total

100
  • Assessment of the reflective report will be done by the assigned internal supervisor from the FOM or by nominated resource persons identified according to the topic to be assessed.

 

  • All the faculty academic members will be resource persons as the internal supervisors and for the assessment of EP. They will be allocated according to the roster to share the workload fairly.