CREDIT SYSTEM IN THE NEWLY
REVISED SYLLABUS
Dr. Anil Sharma, PhD(N)
Professor and Principal
Manikaka Topawala Institute of Nursing-CHARUSAT, Changa
Accredited Grade “A+” by NAAC
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Flow of Presentation
 Understand meaning of Credit system in
education.
 Illustrate Importance of credits in education.
 Visualizing the credit system in B.Sc. Nursing
syllabus.
 Take home message
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Introduction
 During 11th Plan in between 2007 to 2012 the
academic reforms were presented by UGC by
introducing of semester and credit system.
 But recent New Educational Policy-2020 has
helped in execution of semester and credit system.
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Meaning of Credits in Education
A unit by which the course work is measured.
It determines the number of hours of instructions
required per week
Credits are to measure student’s work and effort
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Terminology To Be Understand
The B.Sc. Nursing program is a four-year program comprising of eight
semesters that is credit and semester based and choice based only for
elective courses.
 Course: Generally it represent Subject.
 Semester: Six month of duration (Ideally minimum 90 days of actual
teaching days)
 Credit Based Semester System: Number of credits to be completed
to award a degree.
 Choice Based Credit System: Student-centric approach, free to opt
any course.
 Letter Grade: It’s a performance index, represent by letters O, A+. A,
B+, B, C, P, F and Ab.
 Grade Point: It is a numerical weight allotted to each letter grade on
a 10-point scale.
 Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA): It is a measure of
performance of work done in a semester.
 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): It is a measure of overall
cumulative performance of a student over all semesters.
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How to identify credits
As per new INC syllabus of B.Sc. Nursing
For 1 to 7 Semester:
 Total week per semester- 26 Weeks
 Number of weeks per semester for teaching learning-
20 weeks
For 8th Semester-
 Number of weeks per semester for teaching learning-
22 weeks
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How to identify credits
Lets identify the credits of Applied Anatomy (1st semester
with 60 prescribed hours)=
Number of prescribed hours
Total number of week allotted for teaching-learning
= 60 / 20
= 3 Hours/ week
In theory one hours equal to one credit per week
Course of Applied Anatomy will have 3 credits
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How to identify credits for Lab./Practical
Lets identify the credits of Nursing Foundation-I(1st
semester with 80 prescribed hours)=
Number of prescribed hours
Total number of week allotted for teaching-learning
= 80 / 20
= 4 Hours/ week
In Practical two hours equal to one credit per week
Course of Nursing Foundation-I will have 2 credits in
practical
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How to identify credits for Clinical
Lets identify the credits of Nursing Foundation-I(1st
semester with 160 prescribed hours)=
Number of prescribed hours
Total number of week allotted for teaching-learning
= 160 / 20
= 8 Hours/ week
In Clinical four hours equal to one credit per week
Course of Nursing Foundation-I will have 2 credits in
clinical
For electives its one contact hour per week per
semester equal to one credit
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Total credits allotted by INC for B.Sc.
Nursing
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Semesters Theory Lab./Skill Lab Clinical Elective
1St 20 2 2
2nd 13 4 4
3rd 11 2 6 1
4th 12 1 6
5th 14 2 5 1
6th 10 1 7
7th 10 3 6 1
8th 12
Total 90 15 48 3
Cumulative credits in entire B.Sc. Nursing
Program
156

Grade Point Table
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Letter Grade Grade Point Percentage of Marks
O (Outstanding) 10 85% & above
A+ (Excellent) 9 80-84.99
A (Very Good) 8 75-79.99
B+ (Good) 7 65-74.99
B (Above Average) 6 60-64.99
C (Average) 5 50-59.99
P (Pass) - 50% & above
F (Fail) 0 Less than 50%
Ab (Absent) 0 0

How credits play role in evaluation
Calculation of SGPA (Semester Grade Point Average)=
SGPA= C1G1 + C2G2 + C3G3 + C4G4
C1 + C2 + C3+ C4
= 174/22 = 7.9 SGPA
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Credits of course of 1st
semester
Secure letter
grade
Grade
point
Credit point (Credit
× grade)
Applied anatomy &
Physiology- 6 (C1)
C 5(G1) 6×5= 30
Applied Sociology &
Psychology-6 (C2)
B+ 7 (G2) 6×7= 42
NF-I (Theory)- 6 (C3) A+ 9 (G3) 6×9= 54
NF-I (Practical)-4 (C4) A 8 (G4) 6×8= 48
22 174

How credits play role in evaluation
Calculation of CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average)=
SGPA= Credit×SGPA + Credit×SGPA + Credit×SGPA + Credit×SGPA
C1 + C2 + C3+ C4
= 443/56 = 7.91 CGPA
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Semester-I Semester-II Semester-III Semester-IV
Credit 20 (C1) 13 (C2) 11 (C3) 12 (C4)
SGPA 9.0 6.5 7.5 8
Credit×SGPA 20×9 13×6.5 11×7.5 12×8
Total 180 84.5 82.5 96
Cumulative 443

Scenario-2
Calculation of CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average)=
SGPA= Credit×SGPA + Credit×SGPA + Credit×SGPA + Credit×SGPA
C1 + C2 + C3+ C4
= 383/56 = 6.83 CGPA
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Semester-I Semester-II Semester-III Semester-IV
Credit 20 (C1) 13 (C2) 11 (C3) 12 (C4)
SGPA 6.0 6.5 7.5 8
Credit×SGPA 20×6 13×6.5 11×7.5 12×8
Total 120 84.5 82.5 96
Cumulative 383

A initiative under NEP-2020
 ABC- Academic Bank Credits
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Conclusion
 Uniformity in credits system is missing.
 This is student centric system.
 Students can earn additional credits.
 Students can attempt additional courses.
 It will help in interdisciplinary approach.
 It provides need based and competency based
learning.
 Credits earned at one university can be transferred to
another university.
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To achieve higher CGPA always secure high grades in
high credit courses but clear all courses (Securing any F
will melt your efforts)
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Any Doubt ?
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Thank You
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