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JNTU exams go hi-tech

R. Ravikanth Reddy

Online testing set to change exam scenario

Students need no longer spend agonising weeks waiting for their results. — Photo: K. Ananthan

An examination that gives results immediately and also evaluates the mistakes committed is going to be a reality with the introduction of online examination system by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), the first one to do so in the country.

Engineering students of 240-odd colleges affiliated to the JNTU in Hyderabad now don't have to go through the age-old tradition of writing the examinations. They will simply click the mouse and after the scheduled time the result will be flashed on the screen along with the mistakes committed and also solutions for the wrongly answered questions. "Online system is being introduced for internal assessment of marks as of now and its extension to other exams depends on the feedback," says JNTU Vice-Chancellor K. Rajagopal. The university has created a question bank for each subject designed by subject experts. The student just needs to get onto the system at the college and key in the hall-ticket number. The computer randomly picks 20 questions with four choices of answers for each question. After the specified time the question page automatically vanishes and then within minutes the score sheet appears along with the correct answers. The software ensures that no two students get the same question paper.

"The score is also recorded immediately at the central server thus negating any chances of mischief," says K. Vijaykumar Reddy, Controller of Examinations. The system that comes into effect from this year has inherent advantages to plug leakage of question papers, bias and effective monitoring of the conduct of internal examinations by its large pool of affiliated engineering colleges.

"Colleges that give marks without conducting the test cannot tamper with the system now," says Dr. Reddy. It will also be ensured that the standard of questions is the same for all students.

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