Anna University to switch to digital evaluation in November-December
TNN | Sep 8, 2019, 06.48 AM IST
CHENNAI: As part of the effort to curb manipulation of answer scripts, Anna University has decided to introduce digital evaluation system at College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras Institute of Technology, Alagappa College of Technology and School of Architecture and Planning, from the November-December semester exams. After a trial phase, the system will be expanded to the entire state. “We will have regional scanning centres and the entire process will be same for the state,” an official said.
Under the new system, there will be no physical handling of answer scripts. “The answer scripts will be scanned within two days of the exams and sent to faculty members from across the state for evaluation,” an official said.
The system requires state-of-the-art scanning machines. “The university will procure machines that can scan 600 pages to 1,000 pages in a minute. A dummy number will be awarded to the answer sheets to conceal the candidate’s identity,” he added.
To make the system foolproof, the front sheet containing the candidate’s information will be torn off at the examination centre and the plain, coded answer script scanned. The files will then be sent to the evaluation centres where the faculty members will go through each question or page on screen.
“Professors and experts from Anna University are developing an in-house software with salient features to avoid errors during evaluation. For example, as faculty members look at answers for each question, the key answers would be displayed at a corner. To avoid incomplete corrections, they will be able to finish evaluation only after visiting all pages written or unwritten at least once,” a source said.
They cannot exceed the maximum marks for each question while awarding marks. The total marks are saved on the main server. The dummy numbers will be matched with students’ registration numbers before declaring the results.
“After scanning the scripts, there will be no human intervention. The faculty members involved in the process will not know the students and the anonymity will reduce the chances for manipulation,” a professor involved in the process said.
Following successive scams in examination and revaluation, vice-chancellor M K Surappa formed a committee which after visiting Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Belgaum evolved the new system.
TNN | Sep 8, 2019, 06.48 AM IST
CHENNAI: As part of the effort to curb manipulation of answer scripts, Anna University has decided to introduce digital evaluation system at College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras Institute of Technology, Alagappa College of Technology and School of Architecture and Planning, from the November-December semester exams. After a trial phase, the system will be expanded to the entire state. “We will have regional scanning centres and the entire process will be same for the state,” an official said.
Under the new system, there will be no physical handling of answer scripts. “The answer scripts will be scanned within two days of the exams and sent to faculty members from across the state for evaluation,” an official said.
The system requires state-of-the-art scanning machines. “The university will procure machines that can scan 600 pages to 1,000 pages in a minute. A dummy number will be awarded to the answer sheets to conceal the candidate’s identity,” he added.
To make the system foolproof, the front sheet containing the candidate’s information will be torn off at the examination centre and the plain, coded answer script scanned. The files will then be sent to the evaluation centres where the faculty members will go through each question or page on screen.
“Professors and experts from Anna University are developing an in-house software with salient features to avoid errors during evaluation. For example, as faculty members look at answers for each question, the key answers would be displayed at a corner. To avoid incomplete corrections, they will be able to finish evaluation only after visiting all pages written or unwritten at least once,” a source said.
They cannot exceed the maximum marks for each question while awarding marks. The total marks are saved on the main server. The dummy numbers will be matched with students’ registration numbers before declaring the results.
“After scanning the scripts, there will be no human intervention. The faculty members involved in the process will not know the students and the anonymity will reduce the chances for manipulation,” a professor involved in the process said.
Following successive scams in examination and revaluation, vice-chancellor M K Surappa formed a committee which after visiting Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Belgaum evolved the new system.
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