Programme Project RePort (PPR)

for DistanceLearning Programme

under School of Distance Education

Master of Arts in Hindi

2018-19

School of Distance Education

UniversitY of Calicut
MalaPPuram District
Kerala 673635
 UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
School of E)istance Educadon

Master ofArts(Hindi)
PROGRAMME PROJECT REPORTIPPRl

1. University of Calicut

The University of Calicut is the Iargest University in Kerala. Established in the year 1968, it is
the second university to be set up in Kerala. The University aims to nuture excellence in
education and research in its catchment areas of Northern Kerala, historically consigned to the
periphery of Kerala's academic map. The University lays its emphasis on fostering quality
human resource and promoting productive research that benefit both local communities and
wider humanity.
The University was created through a Govemment plan bifurcating Kerala University. As per
the plan, the four post-graduate departments of the University of Kerala operating in Calicut
were annexed to the new University along with fifty four constituent colleges spread across
seven nonhern districts. With 'Nirmaya Karmana Sree' as it motto, the University has been
able to surmount all challenges and emerge as the largest residential cum affiliating University
in Kerala. With 30 post graduate departments and 480 colleges it has become a beacon of hope
and enlightenment for hundreds of thousands of young men and women in North Kerala.

The University campus,located at Tenhipalarr,24 km south of Calicut is the main hub of

academic activities. Situated here besides the 28 postgraduate teaching and research
departrnents are: the Vice-Chancello.r's Office, the Administation Block, Pareeksha Bhavan,
School of Distance Education, Academic Staff College, Educational and Multimedia Research
Centre, Computer Centre, and the University Library. The departments on the campus include
Arabic, Botany, Biotechnology, Centre for Women Studies, Chemistry Commerce &
Management Studies, Computer Science, Education, English, Hindi, History WestAsian
Studies, Mass Communication & Journalism, Life Science, Library and Information Science,
Life Long Learning & Extension, Malayalam and Kerala Studies, Mathematics, Nano Science
& Technology, Philosophy, Physics, Physical Education, Psychology, Russian & Cenne for
Comparative Literature, Sanskrit, School of Folklore Studies, Statistics, and Zoology.

2. The School of Distance Education

The School of Distance Education, formerly known as the 'Institute of Correspondence

Courses and Continuing Education', University of Calicut, started functioning in the Academic
year 1981-82. Now it is one of the major Departments of the university and has also emerged
as one of the major distance education providers. SDE is making all its effort to extend its
support to reach the unreache and has been keen in providing facilities in distance mode for
the benefit of the deprived sections of the society. It caters to the needs of thousands of
students from various parts of the country

Vision

The School of Distance Education shall endeavour to create novel realms of education
embracing c.reativity and innovations to enhance access to and reach of quality higher
education.

Mission

To provide distance learning oppornrnities to the unreached and enable them to pursue quality
higher education leading to competence of a high order

Details of the Proposed M.A Hindi Programme

(a) Programme's mission & objectives:

3.1 Mission and Objectives

MA Hindi Distance education also is known as Master of Arts in Hindi is a course that falls in
undergraduate programs. Hindi is a language made up of mostly Sanskrit language along with
Urdu etc. Hindi is the official language of India. After doing the course, students can easily
find many jobs in India. It is availabie in regular as well as distance.

On MA Hindi distance education basis the course is easy to be done since Students is not
required to go to the colleges and universities for classes. All the materials and projects are
given to you wither on the intemet or th-rough a post. Several distance colleges also have
study circles and if there is one near your area, you can join weekend classes there. The fee of
the course on distance education is low as compared to the formal course. When you do MA
Hindi distance education, you have to right to choose which topic is to be learnt fkst and
which one afterwards. In this way, you find a way to study on your choice only.
Who should do the course MAHindi:-
. The candidates who have a core interest in Hindi can join the course.
. The ones who are willing to be the teacher in future can join the course.
. Anyone who wishes to study further in Hindi as a subject can step forward MA in
Hindi.
. Hindi research field is the great option for the career. Therefore any student willing to
go into a research field in Hindi can join the course.

Advantages:-

. It broadens the outlook of the student and raises in them a sense of confidence and
responsibility
. After the course is done, there is a reputation in the society and hence the candidates
can understand the society better than before.
. The writing skill is enhanced with this course.
. Candidates can also go in joumalism field after the course is done provided if the
writing skill is better
. Students can try for teaching jobs after the course. One can quite easily access Hindi
literature and conveniently refer the general public to take lessons from their legendary
personalities and Iiterary material
. The country gets prestige and an influencing image from very basic things
Iike national language, culture, traditions, and civilization

Among all drivers, national language has greater importance for nation building and to
intrigue patriotic spirit within an individual.

. Learning about historical achievements of a nation provides necessary.resolve to

uphold that legacy and motivate to quest harder to strengthen the thread of presidential
record.
. Widespread acceptance and popularity of Hindi language and literature help to easily seek
job opporrunities after acquiring a degree in Hindi.
. Being official language of many states and provinces also niakes job market less
competitive for the degree holders.

Job Tfpe:-
. Hindi Proof reader
. Teacher and Home teacher
. Customer care associates
. Sales coordinator
o Interpreter
. Content Writer
. Hindi translator
. Part-time trainer
. Assistant Professor
. Hindi Officer
. Data Entry Operator
. Tele Caller etc.

3.2 Relevance of the programme with HEI's Mission and Goals:

MA Hindi in the distance mode will be a feeder prograrnme for the MA Hindi prograrnmes
offered by the university, and it follows the same syllabus and curriculum of the programme
offered in the regular mode through the affiliated colleges of the University of Calicut

3.3 Nature of prospective target group of learners

A MA Programme in Hindi, Hindi Language and Jiterature has wide demand, and only a
small percentage of the students are being accommodated in the regular mode through
colleges. This will join the attempt to democratising higher education to large segments of the
population, providing an innovative system of university levei education that is flexible and
open in terms of methods, place of learning, eligibility for enrolment and age of entry.

Understanding the needs of the learners we have structured our }earning material induction
programmes to lead the fresh learners through threshold of higher education, and lead them
through the course of the programme and the final evaluation.
3.4 Appropriateness of programme to be conducted in Open and distance Learning
mode to acquire specific skills and competence:
The MA Hindi programme will see to ensure the fallowing skills and competences in the
learners.

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To make the student a human being in the colrect sense of the word

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To make them ready to face the present day world ambiguities and
contradictions.
3. To make them empathetic and sympathetic towards feilow human
beings
4. To make them understand the society better and ready them to full fill
their duties and responsibilities towards the society
5. To train them in the field of uanslation so that &ey can use the
expertise thus gained to enrich Malayalam and Hindi literature through
translation
6。 To channeli?e their creative writing abilities towards writing in Hindi
so as to enable them to contribute towards Indian literature
7. To inspire them to use their energy and creative ability for the up
liftment of the poor and downtrodden among the society
8. To make them able to communicate in Hindi fluently so that they can
perform their duties better when they are outside Kerala
9. To train them in the fields of Journaiism and media writing so that they
can choose them as a professional option
10.To give them training in correspondence and secretarial practice in
Hindi so that they can use the knowledge whenever necessary

3.SInstructional Design:

The MA Hindi prograrnme proposed here is also offered by the university through regular
mode. Also, the programme has been approved by the statutory bodies of the university.
Further, the university is revising the curricuium and syllabi of this progralnme once in every
three years to ensure that the content is updated to reflect current academic knowledge and
practice, and also to ensure that the University used to provide the best learning experiences
possible for students. Academic staff and experts in the area of Hindi propose changes in the
curriculurn and syllabi at the curriculum and syllabus revision workshop generally convened
at least six months before the due date of curriculum s;vllabus revision. Major changes are
then submitted to the Board of Studies of Hindi (Pass) of the University for Final Approval.
As part of curriculum design, the curriculum and syllabus revision workshop considers
curriculum analysis of sociai needs, translating the needs into course, splitting the
objectives, grouping the specific objectives into subjects, deriving the subjects from the
classification, specifying enabling objectives, unitising each subject matter, specification of
required time and syllabus formulation.
3.5.2 Programme trst^ils

M.A 1't Year

Title of the Paper Marks
Paper I Ancient and Medieval Hindi Poerry LzS

Paper II Prose and Drama 12S

Paper III General Linguistics and Development of 12S

Hindi Language

Paper IV Translation Principles and Practice 125

Viva voce 50

M.A IInd Year

Title of the paper Marks
Paper V Grammatical structure of Hindi and Functional Hindi L2S

Paper Literary Criticism, Prosody and Poetics l2S

VI
Paper Modern Hindi Poeury t25
VII
Paper History of Hindi Literature
VIII
Paper Optional Papers 150
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1) Comparative Srudy of the Literary
Trends of Hindi and Malayalam

2) SpecialAuthor: Premchand

3) Special form of Literarure, Hindi

Drama and Theaue
 Viva Voce 50

3.5.3 Duration of the Programme

TWo years

3.5.4 Faculty and support staff requirement

There are two faculty members for Hindi language in general. One of them is in charye of
MAHindi prograrnme. There is sufficient staff support from the SDE office for processing
administrative work. The service of qualified resource persons and subject experts from
various govepment and aided colleges are utilized after they are approved by the vice
chancellor in the preparation of SLM, coordinating and taking contact classes and conducting
internal evaluation.

3.5.5 Instructional DeHvery Mechanism

In addition to providing self learning material, students are offered L0 contact houls for each
subject, conducted at SDE. Classes are taken using audio visual aids, and students are
encouraged to use web resources

3.5.6 Student Support Service System at SDE

1) Enquiry 2) Library with reference books and journals 3) Academic Counselling ) Online
chat groups 5) Intimation through news papers and Whatsapp groups 6)Snack bar and
refreshment centre 7) Post office 8) Class rooms 9) Drinking water 10) ATI\4 11) Rest room
12) Auditorium etc.

3.6 Procedure for Admissions, Curriculum Ttansaction and Evaluation:

3.6.1 The admission notifications for MA Hindi programme, among others are being issued in
leading national and regional dailies. The detailed information regarding admission is being
given on the SDE website (ww.l,v.sdeuoc.ac.in) and on Calicut University website
(www.univesityofcalicut.info). Students seeking admission shall download application form
www.univesityof calicut.inf o

3.6.2 Minimum Eligibility for Admission

Eligibility for admission to M.A Hindi Prograrnme is a pass in B.A with Hindi Language as
optional Main under part III securing not less than 45% marks for that part, or BA/BSc with
Hindi as additional language under part lI securing not less than 50% marks for that part I
B.A functional Hindi (Vocational) ,or BA with Hindi as core course securing not less than 4.5
CCPA(S) out of 10, or BA/BSc with Hindi as additional language course securing not less
than 5 CCPA out l-0 for additional Language course /BA functional Hindi (Vocational),. Or
BA with Hindi as core course not less than L.8 CGPA (S) out of 4, BA./BSc with Hindi as
additional language course securing not less than 2CGPA out of 4 additional language course/
BA Functional Hindi (Vocational).

3.6.3 Fee Strucnre

Fee
Application 200

Admission Fee 250

Course Fee(Tuition Fee) for One Year 2000

Matriculation fee (For those who are 100

enrolling in University of Calicut for the Ist
time)

Re-matriculation fee (For those who have 150

migrated from the University of Calicut to
other universities)

Recognition fee (For those who have 100

qualified from Boards/Universities of other
states)

Postage charges (For those who do not avail 50

the facility of spot admission)

Spot admission fee (For those who are 50

availing the spot admission facility)

3.6.4 Financial Assistance

Concession for tuition'fee will be given to SC/ST and OEC students. The students belonging
to SC/ST and OEC category will be admitted to the prograrnme without remitting the tuition
fee. The fee for the students thus admitted will be later claimed from SC/SE deparnment as
per the rules laid down by the govemment of Kerala and will be remitted to University of
Calicut

3.6.5 Programme Delivery

The programme is being delivered with the help of SLM and personal contact prograrnmes.
The SLM is being dispatched to the students during each semester by hand or by post. And.at
the end of each semester assignments are given and the marks are included in the ESA

3.6.6 Academic Calendar

 Activity

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istribution of I" Semester Study 2ndweek of July 20L8 week of eugust 2018

I" Semester Contact Classeses I

Last week of July 2018 Last week of October 2018
]- I't week of January 201-9 Last week of January 2O19
⋮

blication of results IInd week of May 2019

ibution of IInd Semester Study Il"dweek of February 20L9 week of March 2019
Materials
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Ind Semester Contact Classes week of February 2019 i

Last week of May 20L9

Ind Semester Examinations 1" vreek of July 2019 I IIIrdweek ofJuly 2019

on of results ISt Week of November 2019

of III'd Semester Study 1"week of August 201-9 1" week of September 2019

Classes i f'week cf August 2019 Last week of October 2019

IId semester Examinations Last week of November20l9 IInd week of IDece血 ber 2019

cation of Results Hn,week Of Apri1 2020

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istribution of Ⅳ semester Study l I・ Week of」 anuary 2020 Last week of January 2020

Semester Contact Classes I"week of January 2020 Last *eek of M"y

IVe Semester Examinatons 2ndweek of June 2020 Last week of June 2020
Publication of Results T,ast week of September 2020
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3.7 Requirement of the Library Support and Library Resources

SDE has its own library facility with a total of about 3852 books, L1-65 titles, and 144
reference titles. Further, all the students of the Schooi of Distance Education can make use of
the reference service of the Calicut Universiry Central Library (C.H.Mohammed Koya
Library) in the Campus. Graduates of the Calicut University are eligible to get membership of
the Central Library. They can also make use of the Library at the Univeisity Study Centre
Iocated at P.T. Usha Road, Calicut

3.8 Cost Estimate of the Programme and the Provisions

Cost Estimate of programmes proposed to be offered from July 2018

 Name of Programme MA Hindi
Expected Enrolment 100
Cost of SLM preparation including DTP charqes 1,12,500
P五 nting&Distribution of SLM 36,050
Contact Classes 1,02,349
Pay & Allowances Of staff At HQ 1,38,102
Miscellaneous Expenses 1.515
Examination & Valuation 90,909
GRAND TOrAL OF EXPENSES 4,45,425
Expense Per Student 4454

3.9 QualityAssurance Mechanism and Expected Programme Outcomes

3.9.1 Quality Assurance Mechanism

The University Board of Studies for MA Hindi Programme approves and reviews the
syllabus, course content, and the self learning material of MA Hindi offered in the distance
mode also. The overall ensuring of quality will be closely monitored by the Centre for
Intemal Qualrty Assurance, School of Distance Education.

The SDE, University of Calicut has devised the following mechanisms for monitoring the
effectiveness of the MA Hindi Programme to enhance its standards of cuniculum,
instructional design etc.

(b) Established a Centre for Internat Quality Assurance (CIQA) at the University level
to develop and put in place a comprehensive and dynamic internal qualtty
assurance system to enhance the quality of the prograrnmes offered through
distance mode as per the norms and guidelines of the University Grants
Commission (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 201_7.

(c) The CIQA is periodically conducting institutional quality audits, to promote

quality assurance and enhance as well as spread best-in-class practices of quality
assurance

(d) The SDE has an approved panel of experts for preparing SLM. The SLM prepared
is being edited by the course coordinator. The CIQA also oversees the
development and preparation of SLMs. Then submit the SLMs to the board of
studies concerned for the approval. The SLMs are developed with the approach of
self explanatory self-contained, self directed, self-motivating and self-evaluating.

(e) The SDE of the University has a faculty member exclusively for coordinating MA
Hindi prograrnme. It has a panel of qualified guest teachers for counselling
students and engaging in personal contact prograrnmes in the centres of the
University.
3.9.2 Expected Programme Outcomes

Towards the End of the Programme, Students will be Able to:

. Develop an ability to effectively communicate orally in Hindi

r Develop setf confidence and skills for working independently and in a team

o Have a foundation on Iiterary theories, movements, History of Hindi literature

. Develop the ability to critically look at concepts, beliefs and ideas in society, while
also learning to critically analyse texts and cultural artefacts.

. Have an increase awareness of the general issues prevailing in the society.

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