Transcript System
DEFINITION
A transcript is an official copy of the student's academic record. It records all
courses successfully and unsuccessfully completed and all courses that were
withdrawn after registration deadline.
CHARACTERISTICS
A transcript is a copy of a student's permanent academic record which
usually means all courses taken, all grades received, all honors received
that were withdrawn after registration deadline.
A transcript may also contain average grade of the class.
An official transcript is prepared and sent by the issuing school with an
original signature of a school official. When students are thinking about
changing schools, the cumulative transcripts usually get mailed from
school to school.
Transcripts can be cumulative record file, permanent record, or simply
record.
Contents of an academic record/Transcript
Students name and registration number
Date of issue
Previous school's names, addresses and phone numbers
List of courses you took: usually by year.
Course and until titles
Year of study and total marks obtained
Qualification and graduation dates.
Benefits and uses for the students
Enables students to organize experiences and document
accomplishments.
Assists students with targeting specific skill areas and competencies
thereby focusing on goal setting and attainment.
Assists students in communicating their campus involvement during
advising sessions.
Assists students with college and university application, internship and
employment interview preparation, resume development, and job search
strategies,
Increases students proactive educational planning, self-awareness, and
confidence to support decision making/ goal setting.
Helps students communicate and effectively articulate their college
experiences to potential employers and/or graduate/professional schools.
Helps students develop personal contacts with professional staff from
students affair and across campus who would be assistance to them in
choosing areas of involvement which meet personal and career goals.
Benefits and uses for college and Universities
Allows prospective colleges and universities to view different aspects of
student's ability.
Provides colleges and universities with information complementing a
student's academic transcripts and resume.
Presents colleges and universities with an understanding of the technology
available to students and allows students to demonstrate their
technological skills by creating and designing their own unique SLT.
Benefits and uses for university advisors, Faculty and staff
Serves as a recruitment and retention tool.
Enhances accessibility to self-reported student information regarding a
wide range of co-curricular and life experiences that may be helpful in
providing and improving student services and assistance.
Documents student's competencies for accreditation and outcome
assessments
Provides advisors, faculty and staff with information that can assist in
fostering student development, decision making and retention to
graduation
PROCEDURE TO REQUEST COLLEGE TRANSCTRIPT
A student's signature is required each time a transcript is requested
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The request must be in writing and may be sent by fax or by mail or request in
person. The request must include: student's name and Father's name as it was
during attendance in college, students university registration Number, session of
passing, address where transcripts is to be mailed student's signature
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Any transcripts issued directly to the students will be stamped issued to student
and will be considered unofficial.
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official transcripts are marked with the official seal of the university and are
mailed directly by the registrar office to prospective employers, to official
representatives of other universities, to certification agencies, etc.
TYPES OF TRANSCRIPTS:-
Transcripts are of two types
1. Official transcripts
2. Unofficial transcripts
Official transcripts
The official transcripts are the type that each program to which you are
applying will need from vou.
An official is sealed in an envelope by the originating school to prevent
tampering.
Can request the official transcript be sent directly to the nursing programs
to which application has been made or to home so that you can package
everything together and send off as unit to avoid missing information later
down the line.
Unofficial transcripts
An official transcript is all of the same information that is an official
transcript but it is not sealed.
Can order these, and in fact can sometimes print right from the school's
website for the records
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Basvanthappa BT. Nursing Education 2nd edition, jaypce publication, page
no. 178-189
2. Neerja KP. Textbook of Nursing education, Ist edition, jaypee publication,
page no. 145-162
3. D. raj Elakkuvan. Bhaskar Nina. Text book of Nursing education, Emmess
Medical Publishers. page no. 156-174
4. Sodhi Jaspreet Kaur. Comprehensive Textbook of Nursing Education 2017,
Jaypee The health Sciences Publisher, page number:362-365
5. http://vikaspedia.in/education/policies-and-schemes/choice-based-credit-
system-cbcs
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcript (education)
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_credit
