Apart from technical knowledge and skills, to be successful as professionals, students should have excellent soft skills, leadership qualities and team spirit. They should have entrepreneurial capabilities and societal commitment. In order to match these multifarious requirements, AICTE has created a unique mechanism of awarding minimum 100 Activity Points over and above the academic grades.
Every regular student, who is admitted to the 4 years Degree programme, is required to earn 100 Activity Points in addition to the required academic grades, for getting 4 Years degree programme. Students entering 4 years Degree programme through lateral entry are required to earn 75 Activity Points, in addition to the academic grades, for getting 4 years’ degree program. Similarly, Diploma students are required to earn 75 Activity Points during 3 years of their diploma programme.
AICTE recommends 300-400 hours Activity Programme for each degree student for Community service and allied activities. Similarly, 200-250 hours should be devoted by Diploma student for Community service and allied activities as an additional requirement or non-credit programme. Here, 40-45 hours are equivalent to 1 week.
These activities will be coordinated by NSS/NCC/Sports/SAGY Coordinator or TPO of the Institute. The student will be provided a certificate from the concerned coordinator and Institutional Head.
Every student is required to prepare a file containing documentary proofs of activities, done by him/ her. This file will be duly verified by the concerned evaluator as listed in Table-4. The student should earn at least 100 activity points before he/ she appears for his/ her Final Examinations. The points students have earned will be reflected on the student’s transcript. However, there will be neither grades/ marks for these points nor will there be any effect on SPI/CPI/CGPA etc.
As proposed under the AICTE Rural Internship Programme, if a student completes any long term goal during his degree programme, it will be counted as Internship Activity and credit requirement for the internship is fulfilled. However, if only short term interventions under the programme are attempted it will be counted towards AICTE Activity Point Programme requisite. Following suggestive activities as Long Term Goals may be carried out by students in teams:
