What is Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA)?
Tutor Marked Assignments are helpful in enhancing the learning skills to make the student gain knowledge easily and be a meritorious student. NIOS have developed several means and strategies to help the student learn and be a successful learner. Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA) is one such means TMA helps in developing regular study habits in students and give students practice in writing responses to questions thereby having a kind of rehearsal in the preparation for the final examination.
NIOS has developed several means and strategies to help the learners to learn well and be successful. TMA is one such tool which plays a very important role in the learning process through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) System. TMAs help learners to know their progress and attainment level and develop regular study habits. They also help in designing diagnostic and remedial teaching strategy during Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs).
Your Internal Assessment shall be done through one Tutor Marked Assignment in each subject which will be in a booklet form. The subject tutors at the AIs will correct the assignments and provide you feedback and suggestions for improvement. The TMA will also be uploaded on NIOS website from where learners can download them. From the year 2015-16, Internal Assessment (IA) in Secondary/Senior examination will carry 20% weightage of theory as continious and comprehensive evaluation. These marks will be shown in the mark-sheet alongwith the marks of external examination which will carry 80% weightage in each subject. TMA is applicable for admission through Stream-1 only. TMA should be submitted before appearing in the Public Examination of the particular subject.
TMA is not applicable to learners seeking registration under the Streams II, III & IV.
In this booklet you will find one assignment in each subject. You are required to complete the assignment in your own handwriting in the chosen subjects only and submit them to your teacher.TMA is of 20marks and less numbers from which it is set is mentioned in the beginning.
The Questions 1, 2, and 3 are short answer question containing 2 marks each. Questions 4 and 5 are long answer questions of 4 marks each. You have to answer only one question out of the four given. Question no. 6 gives you a list of four projects of which you have to attempt only one. This question will be for 6 marks. The guidelines for each project work are given along with the topic set.
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA) are meant to help you learn and be a successful student. They provide you practice in writing answers to questions and get feedback. ABSENT is marked in the mark sheet if the assignments are not submitted on time in the column for grades of TMAs. An ABSENT in the mark sheet in the column for grades will not be acceptable to any student, so one should pay important concern to it. The system of giving 20% weightage to Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA) in final results of the students in NIOS introduced from 2002 examination has been discontinued, subject to TMA being made compulsory and the relative grading in TMA being shown in the final certificate and the separate column (Grade obtained in TMA). According to the Prospectus of 2011-12, submission of at least one TMA in each subject was made compulsory. It was also stated very clearly that learners will not be allowed to appear in public examinations and/or their results may be declared as "INCOMPLETE" unless they have submitted at least one TMA in each subject.