Cheaters will be history soon

Bangalore University will introduce high-speed scanners to evaluate answer sheets in a bid to rein in malpractices

Cheaters will be history soon

Bangalore University will introduce high-speed scanners to evaluate answer sheets in a bid to rein in malpractices

Amid the debate of the proposed bifurcation of Bangalore University, the Vice Chancellor of the varsity now hopes to digitise the evaluation scripts in less than two years to curb malpractices.

Failsafe: Once the scanners are introduced, students will have to jot
down their answers on the same sheets of paper. These will be scanned
later, and checked by teachers online. Representation pic

The most common methods of cheating include leaving empty spaces or re-stitching papers to later incorporate the right answers after the examination.

While the examination's question format will remain the same once the scanners are introduced, students will have to jot down their answers on the same sheets of paper. These will be scanned later, and checked by teachers online.

Cost-effective
The cost-effective method of introducing high-speed scanners will save the university 80 paise per paper used by students in all 654 colleges that fall under the university's jurisdiction.

The code protected software will ensure that teachers cannot email the pages to their students or help them cheat, with two reviewers assigned to every four papers, who will double check each paper.

BU's Vice-Chancellor N Prabhudev, said, "We're trying to impose this by 2013 to avoid the answer scripts being tampered with. If the scripts are digitised then no one will be able to withdraw the sheets and plagiarise." He added, "It is something that will have to be evolved over time to make sure that it can be perfected."u00a0

Prabhudev, said, "Question papers will be designed with extra space to accommodate answers. For example, 10 lines will be allotted for a question and the student will have to keep to that limit."

He added, "We're currently planning evaluation workshops for teachers so that they can cope with the new technology. The only problem we have now is to procure the high speed scanners and make sure that the technology is used to minimise malpractices."

Studentspeak

I think it's a great idea. But there are limitations in terms
of how many answer sheets a student can use. But this also means that evaluation will get better
--u00a0Rima Dennis, MSc student, Brindavan College
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This will mostly benefit merit students who are often affected by malpractising students. At least now the talented and hardworking students will get their due and not be upstaged by cheaters
--u00a0Shefalika Mishra, BBM student, M S Ramaiah College
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I don't think it's a good idea at all. It'll take them a long time to put this in place. Who knows if that system will even work
--u00a0Shahana M V, Bcom student, Indira Nagar evening college

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