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...instance, on the recommendation of the University Grants Com- mission, a certain portion of the Annamalai faculty has been trying for the past two or three years to gain approval of a measure that would put 30% of an arts student's grade on class work, instead of all on the public examination. To date they have been unsuccessful, but resistance has been gradually waning...
Study habits at Annamalai are certainly influenced by the living conditions in the dormitories. Quiet and privacy are hard to find in the crowded accomodations and many students will be found trying to concentrate sitting on the verandas of classfoom buildings...
...Annamalai does not have an honors program similar to Harvard's. Thus, a B.A. candidate does not become so involved in special scholarship through the writing of an honors thesis. A candidate may take his degree with distinction by achieving an average of 70 per cent or better on all the public exams, a "first-class" with 60 per cent or better, "second-class" with 50 per cent or better, "third-class" with 40 per cent or better. An average of under 40 per cent means failure. This low scale does not necessarily mean lower standards. The all-India examinations...
Rote memorization seems to be an important part of the learning process at Annamalai, and students here have an extraordinary capacity for memorization. Like students everywhere, they cram just before the examinations. They freely admit this is their procedure, explaining that daily study would be ineffective. "We would not be able to remember the facts that long. The only way to pass is to cram...
Problems of the teaching profession at Annamalai include working effectively within the externally determined syllabi and examinations. Some professors feel their creativity is hampered. But this national system does lend stability to the educational process in a time of great change. The promotional process is also accause for some concern. Advancement from lecturer to reader to professor is based entirely on seniority. In addition, a general policy of one professor to one department serves to maintain the average age of an Annamalai professor at about...