CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University will launch an indigenous artificial intelligence-driven system which can monitor examination centres in real-time and alert officials about suspected malpractices by candidates.
The project will be piloted in May for the postgraduate medical examination. It would be used for UG examination from August, university vice-chancellor Dr Sudha Sehayyan said here on Monday.
In February, the university asked all the 35 exam centres in the state to livestream the exams. A team of officials was monitoring the livestreams from a control room in Guindy as 12,000 students were writing their semester exams. The livestreaming helped in creating a feeling among candidates that they were being watched. However, it was not adequate to catch malpractices like mass copying and using gadgets to find answers.
The university is association with the Madras Chamber of Commerce is working on a software that will raise an alarm when it senses interaction between two students in the exam centre, passing of answer scripts, moving of seats or any other abnormal movement during the examination.
“We are hoping to make the process more stringent to reduce malpractices. We can debar colleges from holding exams. Students too will be asked to repeat examinations or debarred if malpractices are detected,” she said.
As of now, students are given bar-coded answer scripts for exams. Question papers are now sent to exam centres half an hour before an examination. To prevent leak, exam centres should download the question papers using a unique password and print them out minutes before they hand it over to the students. The exam centres will send a footage of the examination hall to the university for reference.
The university conducts examinations for medical, dental, AYUSH and other medical-related streams in nearly 500 centres.
The project will be piloted in May for the postgraduate medical examination. It would be used for UG examination from August, university vice-chancellor Dr Sudha Sehayyan said here on Monday.
In February, the university asked all the 35 exam centres in the state to livestream the exams. A team of officials was monitoring the livestreams from a control room in Guindy as 12,000 students were writing their semester exams. The livestreaming helped in creating a feeling among candidates that they were being watched. However, it was not adequate to catch malpractices like mass copying and using gadgets to find answers.
The university is association with the Madras Chamber of Commerce is working on a software that will raise an alarm when it senses interaction between two students in the exam centre, passing of answer scripts, moving of seats or any other abnormal movement during the examination.
“We are hoping to make the process more stringent to reduce malpractices. We can debar colleges from holding exams. Students too will be asked to repeat examinations or debarred if malpractices are detected,” she said.
As of now, students are given bar-coded answer scripts for exams. Question papers are now sent to exam centres half an hour before an examination. To prevent leak, exam centres should download the question papers using a unique password and print them out minutes before they hand it over to the students. The exam centres will send a footage of the examination hall to the university for reference.
The university conducts examinations for medical, dental, AYUSH and other medical-related streams in nearly 500 centres.
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