Online Examinations

Overview

We offer year-round online examinations for students seeking flexibility and convenience in scheduling. Our exam process is designed to accommodate your busy schedule, allowing you to choose the date and time that works best for you. Exams are conducted through online platforms such as Skype/Gmeet/Zoom, where our supervisors proctor the session in real-time to ensure a secure and fair environment. This system eliminates the need for travel, providing the comfort of taking exams from home, while maintaining the integrity and rigour of traditional exams. Our goal is to streamline the examination process while giving students control over when and how they take their assessments.

Features

Exam rules

Required Documents

Students appearing for examinations must submit following documents along with application form:

Exam Subjects and Sessions

Candidates must maintain a minimum gap of one year between two exams, starting from Praveshika Poorna.
Simultaneous appearance in two subjects within the same session is permitted up to Praveshika Poorna. However, certain subject combinations are restricted beyond this level.
Vocal and instrumental examinations from Prarambhik level must be accompanied by tabla app/machine/live.
Vocal examinations from Madhyama Pratham onwards must be accompanied by Tanpura. Harmonium accompaniment is not allowed.
From Visharad pratham exam of musical instrument and classical vocal, live Tabla accompaniment is compulsory (except for percussion instruments)
For Tabla Examinations - Lehra or Nagma accompaniment is compulsory from Prarambhik level. Lehra app or machine use is allowed till Madhyama Poorna.
From Visharad pratham Tabla examinations, live vocal or instrumental (Lehra or Nagma) accompaniment is compulsory.

Examination Requirements

It is mandatory to pass both the written and practical examinations.
Failure in any of the two assessments - Practical and theory exams of Madhyama Pratham and Madhyama Poorna necessitates reappearing for both the practical and theory exams.
From the Visharad Pratham exam onwards, candidates that have failed to clear one particular assessment (practical or theory) but have secured more than 50% i.e passed in the other assessment need only to give re-examination of the assessment they have failed in. In such a case he/she will have to attach a “no objection certificate” signed by the centre in-charge, as well as the full amount of examination fee along with the application form. This candidate will have to appear for this re-examination in the next session. If he/she wishes to sit for the exam after one year, both the practical as well as written examination will have to be taken again.

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum age criteria for Prarambhik exam is 7 years and for Madhyama Pratham it is 12 years
If a student has cleared the vocal Visharad Poorna examination and wishes to appear for the exam for a musical instrument such as Harmonium, Sitar, etc, he/she can directly appear for Visharad Pratham. The same applies if a candidate has cleared the Visharad Poorna exam in a musical instrument, and wishes to appear for the vocal exam.
Simultaneous appearing for two subjects in the same session will be allowed up to Praveshika Poorna examination. A candidate is not eligible to give examinations of two subjects simultaneously that consist of theory (written) assessment. For example - If a candidate appears for Madhyama Pratham Vocal examination, he can appear for a second subject exam of Prarambhik till Praveshika Poorna ( exam level 1,2 and 3 which don’t have theory assessment) in the same session. However he cannot appear for any exam from 4th exam level onwards simultaneously for two subjects.
Students with a B.A. degree in Music can skip examinations up to Madhyama poorna.
Accredited artists or music experts with a B+ grade at All India Radio or Doordarshan may appear directly for Visharad Pratham. However, examinations will be conducted only at the Pune centre of BSPM’s Gandharva Mahavidyalaya,Pune.
If you have taken exams from any other institutions, you must provide the syllabus for those examinations. An authorized person at GMV Pune will determine your eligibility for the next exam level, based on the syllabus you covered in the previous exams

Additional Information

You can claim grace marks for 10th std. SSC examination (Maharashtra Board) if you have given the first three or first five examinations of any subjects. (If a student has passed Praveshika Poorna in 6th standard he will not get grace marks for 10th std. However, if the same student gives the 5th examination in between 7th to 10th std he can claim the grace marks for 10th std.) Praveshika Poorna and Madhyama Poorna exam has to be given from 7th to 10th std.
Examinations for light music (Sugam Sangeet) are conducted exclusively in the December session.
Keertan examinations are conducted only in July.
Incomplete application forms will not be accepted
Rescheduling of exam date is chargeable