History of CGPA
William Farish first introduced the grading system in England at Cambridge University in 1972. William Farish was a professor at Cambridge. He wanted to know the student’s understanding of the subject he taught. He wanted to analyze his student’s performance reports through CGPA. This grading system first originated in Factories to grade the production quality, whether the product is made of good quality or not.
The concept of a grade point average (GPA) has been used in education for many years. GPA is a method of calculating the average of a student’s grades over a period of time, typically a semester or academic year. The GPA is calculated by assigning a numerical value to each letter grade (such as A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, etc.) and then averaging those values.
The GPA system is widely used in the United States, with the concept of a cumulative GPA (CGPA) being introduced in the 1950s and 1960s. CGPA is the average of all the grades earned throughout a student’s academic career and is used to evaluate a student’s overall performance in college.
In most of the world, the CGPA system is used to evaluate the academic performance of students, including in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Singapore, the Philippines, and other countries.
It’s worth noting that different universities and countries have different grading scales and calculation methods for GPA and CGPA.