How to Calculate AIOU Assignments & Exams Marks

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Pakistan’s first distance institute, follows a unique education system based on distance learning. Here students are evaluated through AIOU assignments and exam marks.

Calculating your AIOU assignment marks and examination marks means that you should understand the whole process of calculating your marks to keep up with the pace of academic progress. This article helps you to calculate your AIOU marks for assignments and exams.

1. AIOU Assignment Marks Calculation

At AIOU, assignments are a crucial part of your final score. Each of these elements forms a fraction of the overall product outcome, the percentage of which depends on how the individual program or course is structured.

The university generally grades assignments on answering the questions, how well they read, and following the guidelines. This is how you can count your marks for assignment:

Assignment Marks Distribution

• For Undergraduate Programs: Assignments usually constitute 30% to 40% of the total marks for a course.
• For Postgraduate Programs: For postgraduate courses, the weightage of assignments is usually around 20% to 30% of the overall assessment.

Steps to Calculate Assignment Marks

1. Check Your Assignment Marks: When submitting an assignment, its results are displayed on the AIOU website or student portal. You will be given a mark out of the total marks available for each specific assignment. For instance, an assignment can be graded on 100 marks.
2. Calculate Your Percentage: After receiving your marks for each assignment, calculate your percentage. Now, assuming that an assignment is scored out of 100, convert your obtained marks to percentages by simply dividing your obtained marks by 100 and subsequently multiplying it by 100.
   • Example: If your score in the assignment is 80 out of 100, your assignment percentage would be:
3. Assignment Percentage=(Total MarksObtained Marks​)×100=(10080​)×100=80%
4. Calculate Final Assignment Contribution: The weight of assignments in your overall marks depends on the percentage they contribute to the final grade. For example, if your assignment score contributes 30% to the overall grade, multiply your assignment percentage by the weight of the assignment in decimal form.
   • Example: If you scored 80% in your assignment, and assignments contribute 30% to the total marks:
5. Assignment Contribution=(80%×0.30)=24%

2. AIOU Exam Marks Calculation

Another significant component of AIOU’s evaluation system is the Exams. Exams get a heavier weight than assignments for the marks that you score. Some examinations are conducted at the end of every semester for most of the programs, and approximately 60 to 70 percent of marks go to your score.

Exam Marks Distribution

• For Undergraduate Programs: Examinations have around 60% to 70% weightage for final evaluation.
• For Postgraduate Programs: Exams contribute 70% to 80% to overall grades in postgraduate courses.

Steps to Calculate Exam Marks

1. Check Your Exam Results: When AIOU announces the results, you can check the points you received for each paper or subject on the AIOU student portal. Usually, the exams are scored out of 100 marks.
2. Calculate Your Exam Percentage: Determine your obtained marks in the exam and then your percentage of exam marks by using the following formula: Obtained Marks / Total Marks × 100 = Percentage.
   • Example: If you scored 70 out of 100 on your exam, your exam percentage would be:
3. Exam Percentage=(Total MarksObtained Marks​)×100=(10070​)×100=70%
4. Calculate Final Exam Contribution: Like assignments, exams account for a percentage of your overall grade. If exams have 60% of the total marks, take your exam performance and multiply it by 60%.
   • Example: If you scored 70% in your exam and exams contribute 60% to the final grade:
5. Exam Contribution = (70%×0.60)=42%. This means that your exam marks will add 42% to your total final grade.

3. Combining Assignment and Exam Marks

The final grade will be the sum of the grades from your assignments and exams. Let’s look at an example:

Example:

• Assignment Marks Contribution: 24% (from assignment score of 80% and weight of 30%)
• Exam Marks Contribution: 42% (from exam score of 70% and weight of 60%)

To find your overall score:

Total Marks=Assignment Contribution+Exam Contribution

Total Marks=24%+42%=66%

Your overall grade in the course for all the assignments would be 66%, which pools the marks of the assignment and exam.

4. Final Grade Calculation

After calculating total marks, AIOU converts your total marks into letter grades according to their grading system. Here is a rough guide one can follow for the AIOU grading system:

• 80% and above: A+ (Excellent)
• 70% to 79%: A (Very Good)
• 60% to 69%: B (Good)
• 50% to 59%: C (Satisfactory)
• 40% to 49%: D (Pass)
• Below 40%: F (Fail)

Your final grade is determined by the total percentage you have received.

Conclusion

AIOU Marks Calculation basically involves understanding the weightage of the assignment and exam and computing the individual score in each component. Understanding how to calculate and combine your assignment and exam marks means you can create a realistic concept of your academic performance and take the steps required to improve if things are not going according to plan. Keep a record of deadlines for assignments and exams and keep on top of your studies so that you perform as well as you possibly can.