KKSU’s online open book exam from home clicks

Nagpur: The Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University (KKSU) has conducted 75% of its exams online without any glitch and has started declaring results too.
KKSU’s board of examination and evaluation director Umesh Shivhare said total 1,400 students of the university were given open book test from the comfort of their home.
“Ours being a language university, it was not possible to hold multiple choice questions (MCQs) pattern exam. But we had shortened the duration to ensure examinee do not indulge in malpractices,” Shivhare said.
The answerbook were mailed and sent on WhatsApp to the students who had to write the answers by hand. Later, the answerbook had to be scanned and submitted to the university.
Shivhare said the exam started on October 1 and would end on 13th. Only four courses are remaining now. “Having less student load, the evaluation also started the same day of exam. Therefore, we are able to process the results by now,” he said.
The students were asked to attempt only half of the questions. Lots of mock test were taken to make the students accustomed to the exam pattern. “Only 20 minutes were given to scan and send the paper so that there was no misuse. This was as per UGC-approved methods in the wake of Covid,” he said.

After keenly following the problems in mobile-based exam at other non-agriculture universities, Gondwana University has decided to hold browser based exam for its over 18,000 students and offline for 752 students from October 13 to 28.
Board of examination and evaluation director Anil Chitade said a link will be forwarded to students on their registered email ID to start the exam. “We have conducted a lot of mock tests to ensure everyone gets used to the system. We are ready to start the exam from Tuesday,” he said.
Chitade said nine centres will be provided OMR sheets for the MCQ pattern exam. The results are expected from November 5 onwards, he said.
The examinees will need to enter their PRN numbers as user ID and registered mobile number as password. “The students’ mobile numbers are linked to their course details. A student can only his or her question paper,” he said.
Like other universities, the MCQs will have short duration of 60 minutes and only half of the questions will have to be answered.
Chitade added that the software would have posed several issues to the students who belong to core areas.