Eligibility

1. The candidate must be chanting sixteen rounds and following the four regulative principles for more than one year.

2. You must be recommended by local ISKCON Temple President/Authority who knows you very well, certifying that you have been engaged favorably in the preaching mission of Lord Chaitanya for the past one year.

This course is divided into the following 4 topics

01. Introduction, Theory and Context (Guru Tattva, The Parampara System) (Lessons 1 to 4)

02. Establishing the Relationship with Guru (Lessons 5 to 7)

03. Acting in Relationship with the Guru (Lessons 8 to 11)

04. Cooperatively Fulfilling the Relationship and Consolidation (Lessons 12 to 14)

You are required to study the video lessons to attempt the MCQs.
These quizzes are based on the video lessons and also based on Student’s Handbook (SHB)

The candidate also has to appear for the following exams:

01. MCQs after each video

02. Short Assignment Questions at regular intervals

01. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

The grades of MCQs are automatically calculated by the system.
While you are attempting the multiple-choice quiz, you shall see total number of questions on left panel and also the countdown counter.

Once you attempt any question, the color of the question number on the left shall change to light gray.
Unattempted questions remain white in color.

You can change the choice of any question, before finally submitting the quiz.
After you submit the quiz, you shall see your marks (calculated by the system) appearing in the gradebook.

Each question is for one minute and carries one mark.

There are two attempts for each MCQ.

The highest grade between the two attempts shall be considered as your final grade for that MCQ.

There is a total of 14 MCQs, one for each lesson.

02. Short Assignment Questions (OBAs)

There are a total of 5 assignment questions to be answered as it appears during the course, in 150-200 words.

Assignments drafts can be saved in the system.

There is only one attempt for any assignments, therefore you may thoroughly check before finally submitting the assignments.
When you click the final ‘Add Submission’ button, then assignment submission shall be considered final, and you will not be able to make any changes.

There is manual grading for the assignments, therefore after you submit the assignments, grades shall not immediately appear in the gradebook till teacher (or tutor) gives manual grading.
The tutor may give comments to your answers.

The candidate will be considered to have passed the course if he/she gets at least 65% marks.
The marks are based individually on MCQs and Short Assignment Questions.

If the candidate has scored less than 65%, he/she will be given a second chance.

Note: All students are required to keep a printout of the Student’s Handbook with them for reference while watching the videos.

Exam Policy for those studying together
(For example: Husband-Wife, Family members, etc.)

01. You may study together, prepare notes together but your answers must be submitted individually based on your individual understanding.

02. Verbatim answers from each other shall not be accepted.

Scoring system:

For each exam the marks will be distributed as follows.

MCQs: 80%
Short assignments: 20%

You will be considered to have passed the course if you get at least the above-mentioned percentage in each.

Distribution of marks:

MCQs = 143 marks
Short Assignments = 25 marks (5 marks each)

TOTAL = 168 marks