32nd Meeting of Academic Council - IGNOU

Committee that SOHS has revised the Certificate
Programme in Health & Environment, because of low
enrollement. The Academic Council's Standing Committee
advised that a Committee chaired by the PVC may look into
the matter in totality and submit its recommendations.
ITEM NO. 14.10
ACSC 14.10.1
TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA FOR BCA PROJECT EVALUATORS.
Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor apprised the members
of the eligibility criteria recommended by the School of
Computer and Information Science for the examiners of
project components (CS-11 and CS-76) of BCA
programme.
ACSC 14.10.2
The Committee appreciated the concern of the School for
quality. However, it observed that the University may not
get requisite number of experts with given qualifications
and it may become difficult to declare the results in time.
ACSC 14.10.3
After detailed discussions, it was decided that full time
faculty of AICTE recognized institutions with a minimum
of two years experience be considered for project
evaluation.
ITEM NO. 14.11
TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE VALIDITY OF
THE PERIOD OF RE-REGISTRATION OF
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE UNREVISED MCA
PROGRAMME.
ACSC 14.11.1
Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the
MCA (96 Credits) programme was launched in 1994 with a
minimum duration of 3 years and maximum duration of 7
years. In January 2005 the MCA programme has been
completely revised and is much different from the earlier
version, in its content and structure. He further informed
that the issue of validity of the registration of students in the
old MCA programme was discussed in the Task Force on
Student Support Services. Based on its decision and further