the rules - Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University

1HEMCHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY,PATANORDINANCE RELATING TO MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY(M. PHIL.) IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION(ONE-YEAR DEGREE COURSE)1. INFORMATION OF THE COURSE:The name of the course shall be Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) inPhysical Education and total number of seats in M. Phil. is 10 and allare payment seats. The duration of the course of instruction for theDegree of Master of Philosophy in Physical Education shall be oneyear and the examination shall be held at the end of the academicyear.2. ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO THE COURSE:2.1 A candidate shall be eligible to appear in admission test if he/shehas passed any one of the following examinations with at least 55%marks for General and 50% marks for SC/ST candidates andSport-persons who have won medal in the National/Inter-VarsityCompetition in the preceeding four years.2.1.1 Master of Physical Education (Two years Degree Course) fromUniversity department or any institute recognized byUniversity.ORM.A./M.Sc. in Physical Education (Two years duration)ORAny other qualification considered as equivalent by any IndianUniversity or Board appointed by the Department of Education of aState or after obtaining Indian/Foreign qualification recognized asequivalent to those mentioned above.2.1.2 Participation in atleast the Inter-Varsity/National leveltournament in a game recognized by the Association of IndianUniversities/Indian Olympic Association.3. TESTING AREA:3.1 Physical Fitness - 50 marks3.2 Knowledge Test (Written) - 100 marks4. OTHER AREAS FOR CONSIDERATION:4.1 Game Proficiency - 25 marks4.2 Academic Weightage - 25 marksTotal -200 marks

25. PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING TEST & AWARD OF MARKS:5.1 Physical Fitness: Bonus Points will be awarded in Physical Fitnesson the basis of performance.5.2 Game Proficiency: The marks for Game Proficiency will be providedon production of Participation/ Merit Certificate in Games/Sportswhich are included in the Teaching Programme of the Institute(Aquatics, Artistic Gymnastics, Badminton, Basketball, BestPhysique, Cricket, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo,Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Power-Lifting, Rhythmic Gymnastics, SquashRackets, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Weight-Lifting and Yoga. The criteria for awarding bonus marks is as perUniversity norms.5.3 Knowledge Test (Written): An objective type question paper will beadministered on the basis of the courses taught in MPE carrying 100marks. Duration of written test will be 90 minutes.5.4 Academic Weightage: One mark each shall be provided for everypercent mark above 55% marks in the qualifying examination,subject to a maximum of 15 marks.5.5 Research Weightage : Those candidates who have completed Thesisin lieu of a paper in M.P.E. Final will be awarded 10 marks.6. QUALIFYING MARKS:To qualify in the Admission Test a candidate must score the followingmarks or above:6.1 Physical Fitness and Game proficiency combined - 38 marks6.2 Knowledge Test (Written) - 50 marks6.3 Total (including Academic Weightage) - 100 marks7. MEDICAL TEST:All provisionally selected candidates shall go through medical test tobe conducted by the Medical officer of the Institute or anyone deputedon his/her behalf.Those who failed in the Medical Test will not be admitted. Acandidate may not be rejected on the ground of colour blindnessunless it is an acute case.8. Admission shall be made only from the qualified candidates inAdmission Test strictly according to Merit, depending upon theavailability of the seats for regular students and students to beadmitted on payment basis.9. ADMISSION PROCEDURE:9.1 Those who fulfill stipulated conditions in clause 2.1 of these rulesshall be eligible to take admission test.9.2 A committee consisting of atleast three faculty members shall beconstituted to screen applications to ascertain eligibility ofcandidates. Only eligible candidates shall be allowed to takeadmission tests. Doubtful cases shall be referred to Vice Chancellorthrough Head of the Department (Teacher Education) whose decisionin this regard shall be final.

412.2 PART-B -(i) DISSERTATION 125 + 25 = 150 marks(ii) Field base experience50 marks13. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION: The detailed scheme of examination isgiven below:MaxMarksMinMarks13.1 PART-I - THEORY:(A) Compulsory Papers -(i) Research Methods. 100 50(ii) Advance Statistics and Computer 75 38Application- Theory- Practical 25 12(B) Specialization Area (Paper-III) - 200 100(i) Contains two papers as paper-III-A & paper-III-B Maximum marksfor each paper is 100 (which includes 80 Theory Max. Marks + 20Practical except the subject Management of Physical Education)and minimum 50% marks are necessary to pass in each paper.(ii) Each Candidate has to select one of the following at the time ofregistration.III–AB– Sports PsychologyIII–AB– Physiology of ExerciseIII–AB– Management of Physical EducationIII–AB– Sports BiomechanicsSESSIONAL:13.2 PART-II(i) DISSERTATION 125+25 viva-voce 150 75(ii) Field base experience 50 25Total 600 300Every Candidate shall be required to submit a dissertation. Theproblem selected for dissertation shall ordinarily be from the area ofspecialization.13.2.1 The proposal of the research problem for the Dissertationshould include Introduction, Review of Related Literature,Procedure chapter in brief and Bibliography and be presented ata colloquium. Three typed copies shall be submitted before theprescribed date for the perusal of the Colloquium Committee.13.2.2 Three copies of completed dissertation shall be submitted by thesecond week of the March or any date notified by the H.O.D.(TE). If a candidate does not submit dissertation on or beforeprescribed date his/her result will be withheld and expenditureincurred in rearranging the examination will be borne by thecandidate.

513.2.3 The dissertation under Part –II shall be examined by aCommittee of two experts (one internal and one external)possessing a Ph.D. degree in Physical Education or in the Areaof Specialization. The advisor shall be the internal examiner inthe committee. There shall be a Viva-voce examination on theDissertation and this shall also be conducted by the sameCommittee. Those who fail in Part-II (Dissertation) shall bepermitted to resubmit the dissertation with changes suggestedand reappear for the Viva-voce examination)13.2.4 If a candidate fails Dissertation but secures pass marks inwritten papers, the written paper’s marks obtained by thecandidate shall be carried forward.13.2.5 Such candidates who pass both Part-I and Part-II separatelyshall be declared eligible for the award of M. Phil. degree inPhysical Education, no division will be awarded in M. Phil.examination. No merit list of the M. Phil. examination will bedeclared.14. EXAMINATION:Medium of Examination shall be Gujarati or English. A Candidate whohas been admitted as per conditions laid down in clauses 2 to 8 ofthese rules -14.1 Shall be eligible to appear in M. Phil. in Physical EducationExamination, if he/she has completed regular course of study.14.2 “Regular course of Study” means having attended at least 85%lectures in Theory Subjects, provided further that the followingtypes of absence shall be treated as period spent on duty:-14.2.1 Actual course of participation and travel in Inter-Varsitytournaments or any State or National level tournament forwhich prior approval has been obtained.14.2.2 Any responsibility given by the Institute for officiating,coaching or participating in other programme dulyrecognized by the Institute.14.2.3 Medical leave, personal leave of any kind shall not be treatedas duty leave under any circumstances and will thus betreated as absence for the purpose of ascertaining eligibilityto appear in final examination of any part.14.3 A student has to pass examination at the end of Academic yearin Part-A (Theory) including Dissertation. The result ofexamination shall be given separately in mark sheet underseparate heads in Theory and Dissertation. Division shall bementioned on the basis of aggregate marks obtained in Part-ATheory and part-II degree shall have a separate mentionregarding Specialization of the student passed in M. Phil.14.4 A candidate must complete the degree of M. Phil. and pass thefinal examination within a total period of three years fromhis/her first admission to M. Phil. course.

615. A candidate must submit his/her Dissertation in the second week ofMarch for the final examination and present himself/herself for Vivavoceexamination. The candidate will submit three typed copies ofDissertation duly signed by the Supervisor and countersigned by theHead of the Department of Teacher Education of the Institute.16. If a candidate fails in Theory paper/papers, he/she shall appear as anEx-student. If a student fails in dissertation but secures pass marksin written papers the candidate will be permitted to complete hisrequirement for dissertation in subsequent year and on doing so, willbe awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy.17. Those candidates who fail in one or more papers in the M. Philexamination held in April will appear as an Ex-student. A student whofails in sessionals in any of the part shall be declared failed. SessionalMarks shall be submitted at the end of Academic Session.18. DIVISION:18.1 The Division of passing shall be declared on successful completion ofthe course in the following manner:-70% and above : First Class with Distinction60% and below 70% : First Division50% and above but below 60% : Second Division19. MEDIUM OF EXAMINATION: Medium of examination shall beGujarati / English.