VTU examination paper evaluation goes digital

April 5, 2012

Bangalore, April 5: Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has digitised evaluation of answer scripts, beginning with the semester examinations held recently.

With more than 200 affiliate engineering colleges and nearly three lakh students, the varsity will have 25 lakh answer scripts for evaluation for each examination it conducts.

In order to assess the quality of the new system, Shruth and Smith Foundation, in association with PACER Foundation, held a meeting of principals of various engineering colleges, VTU officials and student representatives.

A few concerns expressed about the system involved questions about the safety of scanning of answer scripts for evaluation, which faced the risk of hacking. Also, one of the requirements of the evaluation system is to cut the stitched portion of the answer script to make it scanning-friendly.

Many felt the answer sheets could either get mixed up, or extra sheets would be placed in an answer script to help a student.

However, those involved in the digitisation of answer scripts have given the new system a thumbs-up. Puttaraju, principal, SJBIT College, said digitised evaluation had helped in the early release of examination results, besides allowing students ample time for the next examination, in case they planned to enrol for repetition of a paper.

The system has reduced manpower for evaluation, thereby reducing the cost. Closed circuit television cameras monitor the entire process to ensure fair evaluation of papers, said Sridhar, principal of KES College.

Regarding doubts expressed about transparency in evaluation, lecturers and principals said the new system was more transparent than manual evaluation.

The question paper distribution system has also been upgraded to plug leakage, said Krishnamurthy, registrar (evaluation), VTU. Question papers will be accessible to the colleges concerned only if they have access to the software, for which the college has to provide the static IP address registered with the university.

Whenever colleges access the soft copy of a question paper for printing, the central system will monitor the duration for which a college has logged in. Question papers have to be printed within 30-45 minutes of logging in. The paper will automatically disappear from the system once the printing process is completed, he explained.

Authenticity questioned

Student activists have questioned the authenticity of the process. Digital evaluation has no accountability as examiners do not sign their names on the answer scripts, they say.

They have also questioned the claim that results can be announced faster with the new system. In December last year, one of the scanning centres took 30 days to scan 1, 20,000 answer scripts and more than 20,000 results were withheld, they pointed out.

Till date, 3,000 results are pending, the activists alleged. Contrary to the university"s claim, the digital evaluation process is expensive, as it not only involves cost for technology, but also travel allowances for evaluators.

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Press Release
January 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 2: Shwetha Rasquinha, Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru, has been awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by the Mangalore University for her thesis titled “Effectiveness of Social work intervention on caretakers of cancer patients- A social work study in Mangalore”.

She did her studies under the guidance of Dr Rameela Shekhar, Professor (Rtd), School of Social work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru.

Ms Shwetha Rasquinha hails from Vittal, D/o Vincent Rasquinha and Late Regina Rasquinha, and is the second person to complete doctoral studies from the Vittal Parish.

Her colleagues and well-wishers have congratulated her for her highest achievement in academics and successful completion of quality research.

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Agencies
July 3,2020

New Delhi, Jul 3: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging Karnataka government's decision to impose a 25 percent domicile reservation in the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru.

A division bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that the impugned law is passed by the State of Karnataka, and the respondent university is also situated in Karnataka.

The court granted liberty to the petitioner to move the appropriate forum with their grievances.

The Karnataka Assembly had passed the National Law School of India (Amendment) Act, 2020 in March this year, which provided a 25 per cent horizontal reservation for students of Karnataka in the NLSIU.

The High Court observed that the main contesting parties in the present case were the NLSIU and the Karnataka Government. As the court did not show any interest in entertaining the plea, the petitioner withdrew the plea.

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Media Release
March 15,2020

First Steps Pre-School, Kudroli celebrated Red Day on Friday, 14th March 2020 with elegance. To mark the celebration, all the tiny tots wore Red clothing and brought Red coloured fruits, vegetables & toys to share with the class and each pre-schooler briefly described his or her Red item brought to the class. 

The classroom was decorated with red streamers, balloons and table settings. The bulletin board was designed with the word ‘Red’ with pictures of Red animals, vehicles, plants and foods.

The Bloomings were asked to bring Red coloured objects for a ‘Show and Tell’ activity.

The teachers collected the objects from the children and displayed them on a table and taught the names of the objects to the children and also introduced many other facts about them. Students were given a thorough understanding of the colour red through different activities.

The kids actively participated and were very happy and excited. Parents were equally thrilled and overwhelmed due to their child’s participation.

Career Guidance Counsellor, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Shameer Ahmed was the chief guest of the event. He addressed the students on the importance of colours and explained the purpose of conducting such an event to boost the confidence and creative culture in kids.
 
Headteacher Himna S. Ahmed enlightened the importance of colour in our life. She further added that Red is the best colour to create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence & optimism. In the meaning of colours, Red inspires original thought and inquisitiveness. 

Red is the colour of energy, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Red is a very emotionally intense colour. Children learnt the significance, importance and identification of the colours.

The teachers Himna, Azeema decorated the classrooms with red objects that children can easily identify with. They created beautiful red tables, red drapes, red balloons, red toys, red boxes, red balls, red fruit and vegetable cutouts etc. Everywhere the kids looked, they found something or the other in red. Learning was fun on red day and the children are looking forward to learning about yet another colour.

Event coordinator Shehzan S. Ahmed arranged the event in a skilled manner, which added a feather to the event.

In the end, each child was sent home with a bright Red smiley prop. and the colouring sheets which they coloured as an indoor activity to commemorate the Red day.

The event magnificently concluded with refreshments for the kids of pre-school.

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