On-screen marking to be introduced by month-end; 9,000
teachers will be trained at 50 centres
University of
Mumbai, from this year, will be carrying out the evaluation of answer sheets
digitally, through on-screen marking.
Earlier this year, Vice
Chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh had announced the move for all answer sheets, which
amount to over 19 lakh, but there are trouble in adopting the technology and
training teachers.
Teachers’
apprehensions
A release from the
university on Sunday said the Vice Chancellor reaffirmed the decision at a
meeting of chairpersons, examiners, and officials who set the question papers.
The meeting also discussed the apprehensions expressed by faculty members. If
all goes as per the plan, the university will introduce the online marking
system by month-end.
“In our engineering
faculty, we have been following an on-screen marking-based evaluation for the
last six years,” said Leeladhar Bansod, deputy registrar (public relations).
“So we decided to take this to other faculties too.”
Around 9,000 teachers, who
are in-charge of the evaluation, will be trained this week, at 50 centres
across all the seven districts under the jurisdiction of the university.
E-tenders
invited
Further, e-tenders are
being invited for the software. Mr. Deshmukh told The Hindu that the delay in implementing the
system is not because of technical glitches or implementation problems, but
because the university has not received enough applications for the software.
“We need a system detailed enough to support 19,50,000 candidates. We have
extended the deadline for e-tenders to April 27.”
Students’
benefit
The major advantage of the
system, Mr. Deshmukh said, is students will no longer have to wait for weeks to
know the results of evaluation or re-evaluation. It will also make the role of
the teacher easier, since answer sheets can be scanned onto the computer, with
the answer key on the right side of the screen. The new system will leave no
room for any manipulations at any point of assessment.
Source: THE HINDU-25th April,2017
