To keep up with demands of the present day world and higher education of some developed countries we introduced in the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies Semester system of education in place of the traditional annual system and letter grades in place of numerical grades for M.A. Programme in the academic year 2010/2011. There are 2 semesters (2×1=2) and 8 full unit courses (4+4) in 1 Year M.A. Course. Each full unit contains 4 credits and 100 marks. Besides, two viva-voces each contains 25 marks. Thus, total marks 850 (400+400+25+25).