The University of Buner follows the semester regulations and rules of the University of Peshawar. The resource person/Subject teacher formally evaluates students through a number of pedagogical assessment instruments during the semester. According to this, a subject is evaluated as: sessional evaluation, Mid Term and Final Term examinations.
A combination of the following may be employed constituting sessional evaluation:
- Case Study
- Presentation
- Assignments
- Quizzes
- Class Participation
- Attendance
- Projects
- Viva Voce (for lab courses)
Final Evaluation
A total of 100 marks are allocated to a course or a subject. These marks are normally assigned as per following.
Marks Breakdown for assessment of each course shall be made as follows:
| S.No. | Item | Maximum Marks for Courses without Laboratory (3 + 0) | Maximum Marks for Courses with Laboratory (2 + 1) or (3+1) |
| 1 | Mid Terms 9th week | 30% | 30% |
| 2 | Quizzes/ Assignments/ Presentation/ Attendance/Laboratory | 20% ( HoD/Teacher concerned will determine the distribution as per their requirement) | 20% ( HoD/concerned Teacher will determine the distribution as per their requirement) |
| 3. | Final Terms 18th week | 50% | 50% |
Note-1: The format of the question paper(s) shall be designed by the concerned teacher(s) in such a way that it should explore the students’ grasp of the subject and originality of thoughts/concept clearance and not only the stored up knowledge. All the subjective and objective questions should be on higher cognitive level.
- MID TERM- 30%: (duration 1.5 hour) Number &Nature of test questions: Ten objective type questionsof 1 mark each.Two essay type questions of 10 marks each with no choice.
| Nature of Question Paper | No. of Questions | Marks Allotted |
| Objective Type | 10 | 10 (01 mark each) |
| Essay Type | 02 | 20 (10 marks each) |
- FINAL TERM (duration 2.0 hours) Number &Nature of test questions: Ten objective type questions of 20 marks. Three essay type questions of 10 marks each with no choice.
| Nature of Question Paper | No. of Questions | Marks Allotted |
| Objective Type | 10 | 20 (02 marks each) |
| Essay Type | 03 | 30 (10 marks each) |
Note-2:
- The Final Term paper shall cover 20% from Mid Term and 80% from the Final Term courses. Every teacher shall be required to inform the students regarding this distribution in the beginning of the Semester.
- The viva-voce of internship/research report shall be conducted by a committee comprising:
- Head of concerned department
- Teacher concerned
- One senior faculty member of the department concerned
For thesis an external examiner may be appointed and paid remuneration as per university rules.
