SSLA aims at offering a multi-disciplinary and holistic educational program that assesses and evaluates students on the ability to think critically and develop innovative solutions to problems rather than just focusing on facts and figures or theoretical concepts.
The institute offers the following components for faculty to use as tools for student assessments/evaluations:
Students are informed by each faculty about the assessment formats and criteria during the first week of classes of every semester.
Note : The Learning Management System (LMS) that the faculty use to upload CA and TE marks, attendance and reading material can be accessed by students using their student login id and password. Also, parents can access the marks, attendance and performance of their ward by using parent’s login ID and Password
Continuous Assessments (CA) will be worth 75 % of the total marks. The maximum number of assessments will follow the defined Programme Structure. The faculty administer, on average, one assessment every month throughout the semester as part of this CA process. The criteria for these assessments are provided in the session plan that the faculty make available to students during the first week of classes.
Parents can write to the Academics Department (academics@ssla.edu.in), copying the Academic’s Supervisor, Kavita Iyer and the Deputy Director, Dr. Afshan Majid (dydirector@ssla.edu.in), for any details of CA marks or attendance they wish to receive for their ward.
Parents are also provided login credentials for the LMS to access the marks and attendance of their ward.
Criteria for Semester-End Evaluation (SEE): At the end of the semester, evaluations are conducted with at least two different components, to test the students on their knowledge and skills gained from taking the course.
Calculation of Grade Points:
Relative grading: For most courses, the grading of students will be done based on the relative performance of the students compared to the others in the class. The grade points corresponding to nine grades will be as follows
At SSLA, students receive credits based on the number of "contact hours" they spend studying per semester in class. 1 credit is equivalent to 15 contact hours and 30 non-contacthours of work.
To graduate from SSLA, the minimum credit requirement is 198. Every semester a required number of credits are allotted as per the contact hours for each of the courses. The creditdistribution per semester is as below:
The Floating Credit Program at SSLA is to ensure that all students are exposed to various critical aspects of knowledge that help inculcate morals, values, ethics, civic sense and also enrich the personality of each student. These can be earned by attending different seminars, representing college in sports, community outreach programme and many other extra-curricular opportunities that SSLA provides.
Batch-Wise distribution of FCP credits across semesters:
Semester
SSLA Batch 2017-2021
SSLA Batch 2016-2020
SSLA Batch 2015-2019
SSLA Batch 2014-18
Semester 2
Semester 3
Semester 5
Semester 7
Total Credits
Community Outreach Project (COP) (compulsory 6 credits and 200 hours) to be completed by Semester 4 followed by the submission of the COP Report, Presentation and Viva in Semester 5.
The other 6 credits (to complete the requirement of 12 credits) may include the following options which students may choose from. Details of their choices and proof for the same are to be submitted to the FCP in Charge.The grading scheme for the same is given below:
Please note: The number of credits accumulated will depend on the complexity of work or the number of hours of participation over the semesters. The number of hours will be calculated on the number of hours of the programme/activity/ workshop/conference attended or participated in. If 40% of the total number of hours offered are not completed by the student, he or she will not be graded and will receive a backlog in FCP.
Grading of FCP will only be applicable if the student has completed the required number of activities or hours to receive the credits for FCP. The grading range includes
Credits and Grades will depend on the event, number of hours of student participation, report/outcome submitted by the student after the event, etc. The Director's decision will be final.
Grades will be awarded depending upon performance.
An illustrative example is provided here:
Activity: Conference:
All students who attend will receive 1credit
Grade:
Depending upon the involvement, the grades of the students will vary.
Batch 2014-18
Batch 2015-19 onwards
Attendance only
D
p
Write a blog/Participate in a panel/Share conference learnings in class
D+, C
c
Non-academic article based on conference and printed in a newspaper/ magazine.
B+, C+
A-, B
Paper presentation at the conference
A+,A,
O,A+
Publication of a Paper
A+,A
O
The details of FCP activities participated in will be recorded on Curiosity after receiving an email from the student. Please email and submit written proof (with your name and PRN no. on it) to Mr. Nikhil Ranpise by the first Friday of the subsequent month. No late submissions will be accepted for previous participations. For example, a conference attended in January must be recorded no later than the first Friday of February.
The grades will be allotted for every event based on the proof submitted.