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INFORMATION BROCHURE 2020-21 INFORMATION BROCHURE 2020 - 21 KKHSOU l 1 CONTENTS Admission Procedure Page 03 Schools of Studies Page 06 Eligibility Criteria Page 10 Examination Page 14 Results Page 16 Academic Programmes Page 17 a) Ph.D and M.Phil Page 18 b) Master’s Degree Programme Page 20 c) Bachelor’s Degree Programmes Page 30 d) Post Graduate Diploma Programmes Page 56 e) Diploma Programmes Page 64 f) Certificate Programmes Page 70 Instruction to Fill Up Online Admission Form Page 76 Fee Structure Page 80 Information on Study Centres Page 86 Programme Codes Page105 INFORMATION BROCHURE 2020-21 Welcome to KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY ADMISSION PROCEDURE A learner may take admission in any hard copy along with eSLM will be provided to academic programme offered by KKHSOU at the earlier enrolled learners. any of its study centre spread throughout the state of Assam alongwith KKHSOU City study A summarised table indicating the eligibility centre, city office khanapara provided that criteria for admission to various academic the study centre offers the programme as programmes is mentioned on page no. 17 of desired by the learner. The University does this information brochure. A learner’s not possess any study centre beyond its enrollment will be confirmed only after the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Assam submission of online application form alongwith as per the UGC norms. necessary documents as mentioned by the University. For admission to a programme, a learner has to visit University’s website : www.kkhsou.in To appear in the examinations, confirmation Admission to all programmes will be of enrollment will be necessary. The course fee through the online portal. The details of the is to be paid through credit card/ debit card/ admission procedure is available in the net banking or any other available online mode. University website. One can refer to page All the enrolled learners will be provided with no. 76 of this information brochure for registration cum identity cards. instructions to fill up the online admission form. A learner is to submit all relevant Those learners who are unable to complete the documents for admission through the online programme within the specified maximum admission portal . The newly admitted period will be required to register themselves learner will receive the e-SLM through mail afresh by paying the requisite fee as per the immediately after the completion of University regulations. Admission. For subsequent semesters the KKHSOU l 3 INFORMATION BROCHURE 2020-21 Following the completion of online admission, a learner will get the SLM in e-SLM format as available in the University website and the same may be downloaded providing his/her user ID and Password as applicable during on-line admission alongwith the link of e-SLM will be mailed in the respective e-mail ID of the concenrned learner. For those learners who wants to purchase the SLM in hard copy has to apply through portal .Moreover e-SLMs are available in the University Website and Mobile App. the counselling for the new session will be in the respective study centres along with KKHSOU city Study Centre.There is also a provision for a learner to attend the e-counselling sessions at the University City Study Centre, Khanapara irrespective of study centre in which he/she is enrolled. The learners who claim for fee waiver scheme of Government of Assam and are domicile of the State have to enter unique ID as provided by Director of Higher Education during on-line admission for Academic Session 2020-21 In subsequent semesters also, the learner has to take online admission through University’s website and e- SLM will be available in the University website and same will be send in the respective e-mail ID. Lateral admission for UG/PG Programmes. KKHSOU will accept the student’s applications under the lateral entry for various Undergraduate programmes/ Postgraduate Degree programmes for academic session 2020-21. Candidates who full fill the eligibility conditions as laid down in lateral entry notification shall be given opportunities at KKHSOU for professional growth and career improvement, through lateral entry into courses of general and professional education. Number of seats & Reservation: The number of seats for lateral admission is not fixed. The admission will be as per the application submitted for respective programmes. Candidates seeking lateral entry/migration shall upload the following documents at the time of their admission. Self-Attested copy of statement of Marks/Grade card/ Mark sheet of the courses completed. Admission Process: Application shall be submitted through KKHSOU online admission portal available in the University website. Consoliadeted time period for completion of programmes : The maximum duration of the different academic programmes offered by the University are as follows : Programmes Duration of the Maximum time period Programme for completion of Programme Master's Degree Programme (of four semesters) : 2 years Maximum of 6 years [MA] Bachelor's Degree Programme : 3 years Maximum of 8 years PG Diploma/Diploma Programme : 1 year Maximum of 4 years Certificate Programme : 6 months Maximum of 2 years Master Degree Programme (lateral admission in : 1 year Maximum of 3 years 3rd Semester) Bachelor's Degree Programme (lateral admission : 2 years Maximum of 6 years in 3rd Semester) Bachelor's Degree Programme (lateral admission : 1 year Maximum of 4 years in 5th Semester) KKHSOU l 4 INFORMATION BROCHURE 2020-21 Refusal/Cancellation of Admission : Continuous and comprehensive Internal Evaluation : Notwithstanding anything contained in this n Continuous and comprehensive evaluation is an Information Brochure, the University reserves important component of the total assessment the right to refuse/cancel admission of any process in the open and distance learning. They individual if any discrepancy in admission . enable the learners for self evaluation based on the Self Learning Materials. The University has Continuous Admission : decided to adopt a mechanism for continuous After completion of a particular Semester, a evaluation of the learners through designed in learner is required to take admission in the various flexible methods as below - next semester simply by paying the necessary 1) MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) based online/ fees within one month of the last examination offline test date of the previous semester. Admission in 2) Pen and paper Descriptive Test in offline mode subsequent semester does not depend on the results of the earlier semester. One may take 3) Tutor Marked Assignment where the questions will admission in the next semester even without be of different types like, long, short, and thinking appearing in the previous semester based questions. examination. Admission should be taken n The learners may choose any one from the above continuously in all Degree, Diploma and mentioned methods as per their convenience. Certificate programmes without any break. A n So far the Tutor marked Assignments are given to learner will be allowed to appear in all the the learners through the University website and examinations including back papers within the learners have to write the answers in their own stipulated time of a programme. hand writing. The first two types of assessments are introduced from this year and it will be available A learner may, however, be allowed to take in all the Study Centres provided the Study centres admission even after that period without any could motivate the learners for the new system fine, but he or she will be allowed to appear in and the learners give options in this regard. examination of that semester in the next year only. KKHSOU l 5 INFORMATION BROCHURE 2020-21 SCHOOLS OF STUDIES With the approval of the Board of Management, the University established six Schools of Studies and one institute of research for the smooth conduct of its academic and research activities. The University has also established the Centre for Internal Quality Assurance to ensure quality higher education. The University endeavours to run all the academic activities of 19 departments under the purview of these six Schools named after some renowned personalities of Assam to commemorate their contributions to the greater Assamese society and culture. Surya Kumar Bhuyan School of Social Sciences The School of Social Sciences has been named after the great historian of Assam Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan. There are eight departments under this school which are Economics, Education, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology and Social Work. These departments provide UG, diploma and certificate programmes. Padmanath Gohain Baruah School of Humanities The School of Humanities has been named after the great litterateur and the first President of Axom Xahitya Xabha, Padmanath Gohain Baruah. There are mainly three departments under this school– Assamese, English, Sanskrit and Ancient Studies. However, under the Department of Assamese, three languages, namely Hindi, Bengali and Bodo have been included as Modern Indian Languages. The departments currently offer PG, UG , Diploma and certificate programmes. Maniram Dewan School of Management This School has been named after Maniram Dewan, the great entrepreneur and pioneer of freedom struggle. Commerce and Management are the two departments under this school. These two departments currently offer a number of PG, UG and Post Graduate Diploma programmes in professional areas. Bhupen Hazarika School of Mass Communication This School has been named after the great Assamese music maestro and recipient of Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika as a part of our sincere efforts to commemorate his contributions to the field of Journalism and Mass Communication. This school offers UG, Post Graduate Diploma and Diploma programmes. Guru Prasad Das School of Vocational Studies Guru Prasad Das has been hailed as a great entrepreneur and inventor. The school of Vocational Studies has been named after this little known great personality. The departments under this school are– Agricultural Science, Electronics and Instrumentation.