Karnataka government has changed the pre-university (PU) course exam pattern. It has given weightage of 20 marks in the final exam for internal assessment for I and II PU students in subjects not having practical exams, from the academic year 2023-24.
Evaluation will be 80 marks for theory and 20 marks for internal assessment, for subjects without practical exam. Students have to secure a minimum of 24 marks to pass the theory paper.
The weightage for internal assessment marks will apply to languages, optional subjects in arts and commerce streams, and mathematics in the science stream. The 20 marks reserved for internal assessment will be broken down as follows — 10 marks for the two unit tests and mid-term exam. Marks from best-of-two from these tests to be averaged for 10 marks.