Educations have come across a model of examination management system that will ensure
online delivery of question papers and digital evaluation.
The state's school education department is thinking of
using technology to conduct the most important Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations. Officials from the department
and the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education have
come across a model of examination management system that will ensure online delivery
of question papers and digital evaluation. The department may initiate a pilot project
to study the feasibility
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A private firm
from Bangalore, Mind Logic, made a presentation to officials from the department.
The examination management system (EMS) promises to prevent question paper leaks
and will ensure transparency in the evaluation system. Pargat Singh, the chief technology
officer of the firm, said, "There are two modules in the EMS. One is the question
paper delivery system, where the question papers will be delivered using the encryption
technology method. The system will also have a question bank, which will enable,
there would be a centralized system from where question papers can be released to
the exam centre’s just before the exam and the centres can retrieve it using a key."
The second module is called digital evaluation. The answer paper scripts will be
scanned and fed to the system and can be evaluated online. An official from the
department said, "It is a good initiative. But we will have to see the feasibility
of the project in a smaller area before implementing it."
Rajendra Darda, school
education minister, who sat through the presentation, refused to comment. A senior
official said, "It is difficult to use the system for the large scale exams that
we conduct in the state. However, the idea can be tried at a smaller scale. We conduct
the exam for 30 lakh students. It is practically difficult to conduct it with this
system. There could be a problem with rural areas where local issues like load shedding
could lead to difficulties." The firm also made a presentation to the higher and
technical education department. "The minister was present with officials from the
examination boards of a couple of state universities. We agree that it would be
a mammoth task to implement it at university/board level in the state, but we can
take smaller steps towards achieving the goal," said Singh.
Courtesy: Times of India
