Bunked? New Software Will Tell All

No more bunking to pack in movies, outings, dates... not when Big Brother is silently recording and uploading it on the university website. Internal Assessments (IA) are also to be taken seriously, or it could get pretty serious. The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has designed a software which automatically rejects a candidate's exam application form, if attendance and IA performance is not satisfactory.

According to university rules, three IAs are conducted, of which the average of the best two is taken. Students have to net a minimum of 35% in IA and 80% attendance for each subject. The aim: to bring in transparency and error-free conduct of the examination.

In the new software, colleges will have to upload details of IA and attendance of each candidate subject-wise, on the university website. "If a student fails to get the minimum criteria, the computer does not generate the exam application form," RGUHS registrar S Vasantha Kumar told The Times of India.

As and when the IA is completed, every medical college can enter marks and attendance, subject-wise and year-wise. The university will also fix the term and month for conducting IA. "Before uploading on the website, colleges should notify this on their notice board and call for objections from students. They can rectify corrections, if any. Once posted on the website, no corrections will be allowed," he stated.

At present, IA marks and attendance are entered manually by two university officials, and a print-out is taken and verified. In the new software, colleges will enter details and call for corrections, so errors are few and accountability is better.

To ensure speedy results, the university will also provide Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) to examiners. "After practicals, marks are entered in an OMR sheet, which is scanned in the computer. However, if an examiner commits a mistake while entering marks, he/she can use whitener and correct it, but will have to sign after the correction."

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