ASSESSMENT & PROMOTION RULES

2013
FOR DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATE ENGINEER (DAE)

Punjab Board of Technical Education

21-A, Kashmir Block Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore
www.pbte.edu.pk
 ASSESSMENT & PROMOTION RULES 2006 AMENDED 2013
FOR DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATE ENGINEER

1. Definition
1.1 Board
Means the Punjab Board of Technical Education.
1.2 Institute
Means an Institute affiliated with the Board for offering Diploma of
Associate Engineer courses.
1.3 Principal
Means the Head of the Institute affiliated with the Board.
1.4 Course
Means a subject comprising theory and practical components or any
one of them prescribed in the scheme of studies of particular
Technology.
1.5 Scheme of Studies
Means a table for each technology showing the code number of
course, their, names, the number of hours allocated per week to
theory and practical and credit assigned thereto.
1.6 Theory
Means that part of a course, which is based on cognitive abilities.
1.7 Practical
Means that part of course which falls under psycho motor domain
and involves all activities carried out in a laboratory, workshop or in
the field. The concept of this expression has been extended to cover
the practice of drawing design, calculation and visits to work, for
which periods have been allocated in the scheme of studies.
1.8 Sessional
Means the part of practical (assessed by the institute) i.e. the job
sheets, design, projects and report completed within the period
allocated for this purpose in the scheme of studies during an
academic session.
1.9 Final
Means the part of practical examination / Viva Voce conducted by
an external examiner (appointed by the Board) for the marks
allocated for this purpose in the scheme of studies.
2 General
a. The Diploma of Associate Engineer First, Second and Third year
examinations will be held twice a year on annual basis on such
dates and at such places as determined by the Board from time to
time and will be opened to those candidates who are eligible to
appear in these examination under the Promotion & Board rules.
The two examinations will be termed as 1 st Annual and 2nd Annual
examination respectively.

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 b. For eligibility to appear in the examination a candidate must have:-
i) Been duly enrolled in an institute affiliated with the Board.
ii) Been registered with the Board by the dates fixed by the Board.
iii) Fulfilled the attendance requirement as laid down in rules.
iv) Satisfied the Principal of the institute of his/ her conduct.
v) Satisfied the Principal about his/her satisfactory performance in
the prescribed courses of study in term of assessment rules for
the Institutional examinations.
c. One contact hour of theory or three contact hours of practical carry
one credit of 50 marks.
Note:
The practical training will be considered as an independent course
having no theory component for the purpose of attendance,
Assessment & Promotion rules.
3 Assessment Rules
3.1 In order to pass theory component, a student must obtain at least
40% marks in the component.
3.2 In order to pass practical component / training, a student must
obtain 50% marks in sessional and final part of the component /
training separately.
3.3 In order to pass a course it will be necessary to pass in theory and
practical components of that course separately.
3.4 A candidate who has passed either theory or practical component of
course will not require to re-appear in that component.
3.5 A candidate who has passed in sessional part of the practical
component / training will not be required to repeat that part.
3.6 Theory examination will be conducted by the Board for 100 % of the
total marks assigned for theory components of that course.
3.7 Distribution of marks for the practical component/ training will be as
under:-
i) Sessional Part
60 % marks will be assigned to the work done during the session
including operations, jobs, practical, note books, internal tests etc.
These marks will be duly vetted by the Head of Department and
Principal of the institution. Evaluation of sessional marks will be
according to the following criteria:-
a). Attendance 30%
b). Quiz / Test 20%
c). Assignments / Jobs / Note Book 50%
ii) Final Part
40 % marks will be assigned to the final practical examination (to be
conducted by the Board). For evaluation of marks, the practical
subjects are divided into two groups i.e. category (A) and category
(B) Evaluation procedure for these courses shall be as under:-

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 Category ‘A’
Shall comprise of those subjects having shop floor activity through
out the year including drawing subject e.g. Workshop Practice,
Engg. Drawing, Projects, Estimates and visits etc. The external
examiner will select comprehensive jobs based on practicals and
the students shall be assigned with the task. The examiner will
evaluate the candidates through viva voce on this task.
Category ‘B’
Shall comprise of those subjects having demonstration /
experimental activity e.g., Physics, Chemistry, Computer
Application and Engineering science. The external examiner will
prepare an objective type question paper based on the
experiments done during the year and besides serving of this
paper, practical shall be assigned to the candidates. External
evaluation shall be based on the objective type paper (test) and
experiment / practical to be carried out.
NOTE:
Final practical examination will be conducted jointly by an external
examiner (to be appointed by the Board) and an internal examiner
(to be deputed by the Principal of the Institute). The external
examiner will award the marks. Division of marks will be as under:-
Job / Practical 50 %
Procedure / Description 25 %
Viva Voce 25 %
iii) Absence for whatsoever reason from the examination as a
whole or a part thereof will be considered as failure in the
examination or the relevant course or courses.
4 Promotion Rules
(a). First Year Class
(i) The students of first year will be promoted to second year
provisionally, however if a student fails to pass at least two (2)
subjects during 1 st or 2nd Annual Examination, his admission /
registration will be cancelled.

(ii) A first year student who passes at least two (2) subjects in 1st or
2nd Annual examination but fails in other subjects he / she will be
allowed to appear in the forthcoming examinations in the failing
subjects and the candidate has to pass his / her whole DAE
course in the twelve (12) forthcoming consecutive examinations.
A candidate who does not clear / pass his / her diploma within
specified twelve (12) number of chances, his / her registration
shall stand cancelled. A candidate who does not appear in any
examination conducted by Board for any reason will lose his
chance out of the twelve (12) prescribed forthcoming consecutive
chances from the date of his / her registration.

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 (b). Second Year Class
A second year student who fails to pass in any number of subjects of
second year of his / her Technology in the annual examination of
that session will be promoted to third year class and will be required
to re-appear in the failing courses in the forthcoming consecutive
examinations.
(c). Third Year Class

A third year student who has passed at least 2 (Two) subjects of

first year and has completed the prescribed course of second year
becomes eligible to appear in the third year annual examination of
his / her session. In case he / she fails in any number of subjects in
the Annual Examinations, he / she shall have to pass all the failing
subjects in the forthcoming consecutive specified chances.

5 Award of Diploma
The successful candidate will be placed under the following
categories.

Sr. # MARKS GRADE REMARKS

1 80% and Above A+ Excellent
2 70% or above & below 80% A V-Good
3 60% or above & below 70% B Good
4 50% or above & below 60% C Fair
5 40% or above & below 50% D Satisfactory

6 Assessment Rules for Institutional Examination

a. The institution will conduct one send up examination for the First,
Second and third year classes respectively at the end of the session
b. The student has to appear in all the theory subjects of his / her
technology and to show satisfactory performance.

7 Attendance Rules
a) A candidate must have completed 80% attendance of prescribed
lectures in order to be eligible to appear in the examination.

b) The Principal may condone up to 10% shortage of attendance on the

basis of genuine grounds produced before him / her for his / her
satisfaction.
c) If a candidate is short of the required percentage of attendance at
the time of submission of admission form and fees to the Board but
is likely to make up the shortage in due course of time, the Head of
institute may send his admission form and fee provisionally to the
Board subject to confirmation when the candidate actually makes up
the shortage. In case the candidate is unable to make up the
shortage, the Principal of institute shall withdraw his candidature by
writing to the controller of examination not later than the 15th day
before the commencement of the examination.

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 d) No examination form or fee shall be accepted unless it is routed
through the principal concerned.
e) Attendance should be counted on the basis of total number of
contact hours, Theory and Practical, for which the classes were
actually held during an academic session.
f) If a candidate is officially sent to take part in some extra curricular
activities, his / her percentage of attendance will be counted on the
basis of total attendance including the lessons / practicals missed
during the authorized absence.
g) The detailed record of attendance shall be produced for inspection
to the Board or on inspection of senior officer as and when
required.
8 Special Chance
No special chance shall be given to any candidate under any
circumstances after he / she has availed the prescribed number of
chances.
9 Admission to Another Diploma Courses / Technology
After having qualified for the award of Diploma of Associate
Engineer in one Technology, admission for second Diploma in
another Course / Technology is not allowed.
10 Improvement of Division / Grade

(i) A student of DAE can improve his / her grade / division / marks
within one year after passing whole DAE once only.
(ii) He/She will be allowed to reappear in maximum any 03 (Three)
subjects of his / her choice (theory component only) from whole
course of DAE for improvement of division/marks.
(iii) In case a student does not improve the marks in any of the three
subjects, his / her old postings will be carried out.
(iv) If a student wants to reappear in more than three (03) subjects. He
/ She has to reappear in all the subjects of his / her technology
(only theory components)
11 Grace Marks

The Grace Marks will be awarded to only those candidates who

have already appeared in third (3rd) year examination.
(i) Grace marks will be reduced from 1% to 0.5%.
(ii) 0.5% marks will be calculated excluding Practical / Sessional marks
on the basis of marks of 1st, 2nd & 3rd year separately of each
technology.
(iii) Grace marks as above will not be awarded in more than Two
subjects.
(iv) Not more than Six (06) Grace Marks will be awarded in one
subject.
(v) Grace marks will not be awarded in Practicals.
(vi) Grace marks will not be awarded to those candidates who are
improving Marks / Grade / Division.

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12 Eligibility for Admission in D.A.E.

Only those candidates are eligible for admission in D.A.E who have passed
S.S.C (Science Group) / TSC / Matric Tech or equivalent. The merit for
admission will be determined by the concerned Institute on the basis of
following subjects:-
1. English
2. Physics
3. Maths
4. Chemistry

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