SHYAMPUR SIDDHESWARI MAHAVIDYALAYA
Accredited by NAAC at the B Level

Eligibility Criteria

ADMISSION REGULATIONS

1(a) A candidate who has passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) or its equivalent Examination is eligible to seek admission to the 1st year of the 3 year (six semesters) B.A./B.Sc./B.Mus. (Honours/General)Course of Studies provided he/she has also passed in English having full marks not being less than 100 and fulfills the conditions as laid down in Clauses 5,11, 12 and 13.

Candidates who have passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) Vocational examination conducted by the West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education and Training shall be eligible to seek admission to the B.A. (General) 1st year Course of Studies taking the subjects under Humanities Division only.

However, no candidate shall be allowed admission after a lapse of more than 5 years from the year of passing the previous qualifying examination.

Explanation: The year of admission shall not be taken into account while calculating five years from the year of passing the previous qualifying Examination.

(b) Students who have passed the Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination or its equivalent from the All India Boards/Councils (i.e. CBSE, ISC and National Institute of Open Schooling) need not require to submit Migration Certificate for getting Registration under this University.

2. For the purpose of determining eligibility for admission to the B.A./B.Sc./B.Mus. (Honours/General)Courses, aggregate marks shall be calculated by adding the marks in top-four subjects in order of marks secured by a candidate. Marks in compulsory Environmental Education/Studies shall not be taken into account for calculation of aggregate marks. However, if the subject “Environmental Science” is studied as an elective subject of 100 marks, it may be taken into account for the purpose of determining the aggregate marks.

                    (a) A candidate taking up Honours Course in a subject must have obtained :

1. A minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate and 45% marks in the subject or related subject at the previous qualifying examination [in case of B.Mus. (Hons.) 45% marks in the aggregate and 45% marks in the subject Music, in the previous qualifying examination]

Or

1. 55% marks in the subject or related subject at the previous qualifying examination [in case of B.Mus. (Hons.) 50% marks in the subject Music at the previous qualifying examination.]

Or iii. 50% marks in the aggregate when the candidate has not studied the subject in his/her previous qualifying examination provided all other clauses are satisfied [in case of B.Mus. (Hons.) - 45% marks in the aggregate when the candidate has not studied the subject Music in the pre-qualifying examination. Candidates shall be admitted on the basis of the Admission Test to be conducted by the College Authority concerned.] (b) Candidates belonging to Reserved Categories taking up Honours Course of Study must have obtained a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate or 40% marks in the subject or related subjects at the previous qualifying examination, as the case may be. (c) Reservation Policy for admission in three year (six semesters) degree courses of studies shall be guided by the West Bengal State Higher Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission), Act, 2013 and the West Bengal State Higher Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Rules, 2014.

3. Attendance

3.1 A student attending at least 75% of the total number of classes* held shall be allowed to appear at the concerned Semester Examinations subject to fulfillment of other conditions laid down in the regulations. 3.2 A student attending at least 60% but less than 75% of the total number of classes* held shall be allowed to appear at the concerned Semester Examinations subject to the payment of prescribed condonation fees and fulfillment of other conditions laid down in the regulations. 3.3 A student attending less than 60% of the total number of classes* held shall not be allowed to appear at the concerned Semester Examinations and he /she has to pursue admission to the same Semester in the very next year for attending the classes and appearing at the said Semester Examination. *Such attendance will be calculated from the date of commencement of classes or the date of admission, whichever is later.

4. A candidate is required to choose not more than one subject from any of the groups mentioned hereunder

5. A candidate shall be allowed to take up the subject(s) under heading “A” if he/she had passed the subject (s) under heading “B” at the previous qualifying examination

6. Special conditions for admission to the following Honours Courses

(i) Economics : A Candidate shall be allowed to take up Honours in Economics if he/she has passed in Mathematics at the H.S. Examination (10+2) conducted by the West Bengal Council of H.S. Education or its equivalent examination in Mathematics/ Business Mathematics. Students who have passed Business Economics including Business Mathematics in H.S. (10+2) level from West Bengal Council of H.S. Education are also eligible for admission in the Honours Course in Economics. Candidates of Economics Honours have to take up Mathematics as one of the elective subjects. (ii) Mathematics : A candidate shall be allowed to take up Honours in Mathematics if he/she has passed in Mathematics at the previous qualifying examination. A candidate who has passed in Business Mathematics is not eligible for admission to the Mathematics Honours Course. (iii) Chemistry : A candidate shall be allowed to take up Honours in Chemistry if he/she has passed in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at the previous qualifying examination. (iv) Biochemistry : A candidate shall be allowed to take up Honours in Biochemistry if he/she has passed in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology/Bio-Technology at the previous qualifying examination. *A candidate of B.Sc. (Honours) in Biochemistry shall have to semester-wise elective subjects as stated hereunder and inconformity with Grouping of Subjects:

1. Any one of the subjects: Physics/Mathematics/Statistics and
2. Any one of the subjects: Zoology/ Botany/ Microbiology/ Physiology/Molecular Biology.

(v) Microbiology : A candidate shall be allowed to take up Honours in Microbiology if he/she has passed in Chemistry in the previous qualifying Examination. * Subject combination for Microbiology: Chemistry and any one of the following subjects : Mathematics/Physics/Computer Science/Botany/Zoology/Physiology. (vi) Physiology : A candidate shall be allowed to semester-wise Honours in Physiology if he/she has passed the subject Physiology/Biology/Bio-Technology and Chemistry in the previous qualifying examination. The subject Biology/Bio-Technology may be treated as the related subject. (vii) Food and Nutrition : A candidate shall be allowed to semester-wise Honours in Food and Nutrition if he/she has passed in Chemistry at the previous qualifying examination and to take up Chemistry as one of the elective subjects. (viii) Anthropology: A candidate shall not be allowed to semester-wise Anthropology along with Sociology. (ix) Environmental Science : Candidates have to take up Chemistry as one of the elective subjects. (x) Computer Science : The combination of subjects for Computer Science Hons. Course shall be Mathematics as one of the General subjects and any one of the following subjects: either Physics or Statistics or Electronics. (xi) Education : If the candidate has not studied Education as a subject in the previous qualifying examination then Psychology/ Philosophy/ Mathematics/ Sociology/ Economics/ Political Science / History/ Statistics/ Physics/ Chemistry/ Biology are treated as related subjects. (xii) Philosophy : If the candidate has not studied Philosophy as a subject in the previous qualifying examination then Psychology/ Math/ Education/ Sociology/ Political Science be treated as related subjects. (xiii) Sociology : Candidates passed the previous qualifying examination (10+2) in Science/Humanities/Arts (except Commerce) stream with any subject will be allowed to get admission in Sociology (Honours).

7. Divisions of Honours and General subjects B.A. /B.Sc.
8. Humanities : History, English, Bengali, Ancient Indian & World History, Islamic History andCulture, Hindi, Urdu, Russian, Political Science, Sanskrit, Pali, Philosophy, Sociology, Education, Arabic, Persian, Journalism & Mass Communication, French, Gujarati, Music, Linguistics, Physical Education, Human Rights, Women Studies.
9. Science : Physics, Film Studies, Zoology, Chemistry, Botany, Psychology, Mathematics,Molecular Biology, Statistics, Microbiology, Anthropology, Geology, Geography, Physiology, Economics, Defence Studies, Computer Science, Electronics, Biochemistry, Physical Education, Environmental Science.

iii. Home Science : Food and Nutrition, Household Art, Human Development, Social Science, Home Science Extension Education. 7a. A candidate taking up Honours in B.A. Degree Course shall study

1. i) Honours in any one subject of the Humanities Division and any two other generic elective subjects taking at least one from the Humanities Division.
2. ii) However, that other things remaining the same, a candidate may take up Honours Course in the B.A. in the following subjects without taking any generic elective subject from the Division of Science/Home Science.
3. a) Mathematics, b) Geography, c) Anthropology, d) Psychology e) Economics, f) Statistics

7b. A candidate taking up General Course of Studies for the B.A. Degree shall study

1. i) Any three subjects from the Humanities Division in addition to Language - English & MIL /Alternative English.

Or

1. ii) Any two subjects from the Humanities Division in addition to Language - English & MIL/Alternative English and any one from the Science Division /Home Science Division.

7c. A candidate taking up Honours Course for B. Sc. Degree shall study Honours in any one subject from the Division of Science/Home Science and any two other generic elective subjects taking at least one from the Science/ Home Science Division. 7d. A Candidate taking up General Course for the B. Sc. Degree shall study

1. i) Any three subjects from the Science Division/Home Science Division.

Or

1. ii) Any two subjects from the Science/Home Science Division and any one subject from the Humanities Division.