Grading system for courses
Some universities award CGPA instead of percentage. What is CGPA and its equivalent in percentage terms?
Many universities have adopted grading system for agriculture, engineering and management programmes. CGPA is the Cumulative Grade Point Average and is the sum of all courses taken.
Grades, on the other hand, classify students into "ranges" instead of "points" thereby reducing the error of judgement.
The award of marks also does not take into consideration varying standards of question papers in different subjects.
As marks in different subjects are based on different scales and measure different attributes, the total marks (aggregates) do not indicate an overall index of a student's level of performance.
Classifying on aggregate marks is, therefore, unscientific. The grading system is based on three valid criteria - accuracy, familiarity and simplicity.
It adopts a seven-point scale grading: 90%+/O = Outstanding, 80+%/A = Very Good, 70+%/B = Good, 60+%C = Average, 50+%/D = Below Average, E = Poor and F = Very Poor.
Since not all universities follow the system and as there is no uniformity in the system adopted by various universities, an equivalent on OGPA/CGPA in terms of percentage of marks is required by many institutions for admitting candidates.
Anitha, Hyderabad
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