32nd Meeting of Academic Council - IGNOU

MHI-05 for Master’s Degree Programme in History.
ITEM NO. 14.18
TO CONSIDER THE MATTER RELATING TO BCA-
MCA INTEGRATED PROGRAMME FOR
ADMISSION CYCLE – JULY 2003 BATCH OF
STUDENTS.
ACSC 14.18.1
Prof. S.C.Garg, Pro Vice-Chancellor explained that the
Academic Council at its 29 th meeting held on June 23, 2003
while considering the Minutes of the 8 th meeting of the
ACSC held on 9 th April, 2003, approved the change of
admission cycle for BCA programme from January to July
w.e.f. July 2003, However, the admission to MCA
programme of the University continued to be from January
cycle. The students who were admitted in July 2003 batch
and wish to be admitted would become eligible for
admission to MCA 3 rd semester from July 2006 but MCA
3 rd semester would not be on offer at that time Since, the
admission cycles for both BCA and MCA programmes are
not the same.
ACSC 14.18.2
The matter was considered by the School of Computer and
Information Science and it has proposed that the admission
cycle for MCA may be shifted to July 2006 and not to have
January 2006 session so that the BCA students of July 2003
batch would have no problems for admission to the MCA
3 rd semester from July 2006. To begin the session in time, it
is essential that all admission related matters be finalized by
May 2006 and materials should reach the students latest by
June 2006. If it is not possible, the option of increasing the
minimum period for MCA/BCA programme from 5 to 5½
years may be considered.
ACSC 14.18.3
The Academic Council's Standing Committee considered
the matter in detail and decided that the matter should be
discussed in the meeting of the Task Force on SSS and an
administrative decision may be taken. While discussing the