KTU 2019 Scheme First Year Syllabus

The A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) relaxed the norms of the controversial year-out system for BTech courses after students’ protest forced the government to intervene in the issue.As per the new norms, announced on Wednesday, the credit system for considering year-out has been relaxed from three to two levels.The minimum credits will be insisted only in Semester 5 and 7. Earlier, it was insisted for Semester 4, 6 and 8. Students with 26 credits in Semester 1 and 2 can join semester 5. For that they need to pass at least 6 papers. For joining semester 7, the students should have a minimum of 52 credits, which can be achieved by clearing 12 papers.The decision was taken in the meeting convened at the chamber of Education Minister C Raveendranath. Representatives of students’ unions and University Vice-Chancellor Kuncheria P Isaac attended the talks. Left wing students’ unions AISF and SFI welcomed the decision. However, the All-Kerala KTU Students’ Union and KSU decided to continue with their demand for repealing the year-back system. KTU introduced the year-out system from the academic year 2015-16. Initially it mandated a student should obtain minimum 35 credits out of 47 to enter the third semester.The minimum credit for third semester entry was lowered to 26 following the students protested. For admission to the sixth semester, a student should obtain a minimum of 71 credits out of 94. ktu 2019 scheme syllabus. ktu new syllabus. ktu syllabus. ktu 2019 first year syllabus.