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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is in the final stages of putting online the process of conducting exams in all 17 state universities. The higher and technical education department will hold a meeting on Wednesday to work out the final modalities of a pilot project which, if successful, could be extended across universities with the idea of preventing paper leaks.
Governor K Sankaranarayanan in meeting on Saturday directed vice-chancellors of various varsities to build infrastructure for a full-fledged online mechanism to be put in place across universities soon. The meet followed a presentation to the governor over the use of technology to bring about reforms in the existing exam system.
"We will soon finalize the tender for a pilot. Once implemented successfully, it could be extended to all varsities in the state," said state minister for higher and technical education D P Sawant.
Sources said that several IT firms are in the fray for the ambitious pilot, including Tata Consultancy Services. The initiative is part of recommendations made by government's exam reform panel, which submitted its report recently. It has suggested several reforms, including online examination and submission of thesis online. Headed by state IT secretary Rajesh Aggarwal, the committee has also recommended a pilot project for starting technology-based examination in the universities.
Some other reforms suggested include: mandatory display of results online, including complete breakup of marks, open book examination and take home examinations, where students are given deadline for submissions, use of technology in registration, acceptance of forms, delivery of question papers, and answer booklets, etc. Once implemented fully, officials said, universities will be able to register students, accept exam forms, evaluate papers and even release the marksheets of students using the online process. "With this, we would be able to bring about some transparency in the system and drastically reduce the instances of paper leaks which have now become commonplace," said a senior official.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/careers/education/State-to-clear-decks-for-e-university-exams/articleshow/17122378.cms
Governor K Sankaranarayanan in meeting on Saturday directed vice-chancellors of various varsities to build infrastructure for a full-fledged online mechanism to be put in place across universities soon. The meet followed a presentation to the governor over the use of technology to bring about reforms in the existing exam system.
"We will soon finalize the tender for a pilot. Once implemented successfully, it could be extended to all varsities in the state," said state minister for higher and technical education D P Sawant.
Sources said that several IT firms are in the fray for the ambitious pilot, including Tata Consultancy Services. The initiative is part of recommendations made by government's exam reform panel, which submitted its report recently. It has suggested several reforms, including online examination and submission of thesis online. Headed by state IT secretary Rajesh Aggarwal, the committee has also recommended a pilot project for starting technology-based examination in the universities.
Some other reforms suggested include: mandatory display of results online, including complete breakup of marks, open book examination and take home examinations, where students are given deadline for submissions, use of technology in registration, acceptance of forms, delivery of question papers, and answer booklets, etc. Once implemented fully, officials said, universities will be able to register students, accept exam forms, evaluate papers and even release the marksheets of students using the online process. "With this, we would be able to bring about some transparency in the system and drastically reduce the instances of paper leaks which have now become commonplace," said a senior official.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/careers/education/State-to-clear-decks-for-e-university-exams/articleshow/17122378.cms
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