Prospectus 2012 - National School of Drama

General Information
ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION AND PROMOTION
Students will be evaluated during and at the end of each
semester. In this evaluation, their regular work, projects
and participation in productions will be considered,
along with assessment of their performance during
the semester and in the end-semester examination. All
evaluations will be taken into account from one semester
to the next, and so on, for the final award of the diploma.
The marks obtained by students at the end of each year
will be calculated by adding 50% of the average of total
marks obtained by them in theory and practical subjects
in monthly or periodic tests, to 50% of the total marks
obtained by them in the end-semester examination. This
will continue every year. An average of the marks will be
calculated for the third and final year, to qualify for the
diploma.
All assessments and evaluations will be mentioned in the
marking system on the mark sheet (100 marks for each
subject).
Students will be promoted to the next year at the end of
the second and fourth semesters, that is, at the end of the
first and second years. Passing marks will accrue at the end
of the sixth semester, in the third year. The final results will
carry the candidate’s Cumulative Marking Point Average
(aggregate marks).
In order to pass, students will have to obtain 40% marks in
individual subjects and 50% in the aggregate. If a student
fails to get 40% marks in at least two subjects, he/she will
be allowed to appear for the supplementary examination,
provided the work in those subjects is not of a collective
nature and that he/she has acquired a minimum of
50% marks in the aggregate. Therefore, if a student fails
in participation in a production or any other subject
requiring collective work, or if a student gets less than
50% marks in the aggregate, he/she will not be entitled to
appear for the supplementary examination. In such a case,
the concerned student will have to leave the School.
The supplementary examination will be held soon after
the student fails in that subject. If such an examination is
held in the first, third and fifth semesters, then the marks
obtained in the supplementary examination will be carried
over to the year-end examination for calculating the total
marks.
The Academic Council of the School is the competent
authority to change rules as and when deemed fit, after
reviewing the system and stating reasons for change.
Students will have to abide by any decision(s) made by the
Academic Council.
The National School of Drama provides a three-year
course of integrated training, leading to a post-graduate
Diploma in Dramatics. Since the training involves intensive
grounding and personal attention to each student, the
annual intake is restricted to 26 students only. This means
that a vast majority of theatre workers who are keen on
learning the dramatic arts are deprived of the training
provided by the School. In order to reach out to these
workers and create theatre awareness in India, in 1978
the School started a scheme of short-term teaching and
training to be imparted in the local languages. Over the
Formerly called the Theatre-in-Education Company, the
Sanskaar Rang Toli was established in October 1989. It
aims to educate children (8–17 years) through the medium
of theatre. To achieve this objective, the Toli carries out the
following activities:
• Development of creative curriculum and performance
of participatory plays in schools, specially designed for
children of different age groups.
• Organising training workshops for teachers round the
year, to create meaningful theatre with children.
The Repertory Company of the National School of Drama
is the performing wing of the School. The artistes of the
Repertory Company are mostly graduates of the School.
The main function of the Repertory Company is to
Extension Programme
last thrity years and more, the School has conducted such
training workshops in almost all the regions of the country.
In addition, it has also organised and conducted a large
number of intensive, production-oriented and subjectoriented
workshops. To further strengthen the Extension
Programme, it was decided to set up Regional Resource
Centres in four to six zones of the country. The first of these
centres was set up in Bengaluru in 1994. It covers the South
Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala, as well as Puducherry. Recently, the School has set
up the Sikkim Theatre Training Centre at Gangtok, Sikkim.
Sanskaar Rang Toli
• Development of skills for classroom situations aimed
at making the teaching/learning process effective and
enjoyable.
• Imparting of training to children in theatre and
allied arts through participation in intensive summer
workshops (May–June) and the Saturday/Sunday Club
(August–December). Through these workshops and
the Saturday/Sunday Club, the Toli aims at integrated
personality development of children.
Repertory Company
produce plays of high artistic merit, and to perform them
regularly for theatre lovers in Delhi and across the country.
Founded in 1964, it has performed about 150 plays by 90
playwrights, and has worked with more than 65 directors.
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