Post fiasco, MU exam process to be restructured

After the recent paper leak fiasco, varsity authorities are contemplating restructuring the entire exam process at a micro level, to make it more convenient and effective for students. Certain areas have been identified where the procedures are likely to be modified, including the exam patterns.

 A senior official from the university said, “The varsity has decided that a huge workload cannot be the reason for a goof-up every time. The entire university region will be divided into 30 clusters, each having 20-25 colleges.

From each cluster, one college principal well-versed with the varsity regulations will act as joint director of examination at the local level. This joint director, in tandem with one senior professor, will take on the responsibility of conducting examinations in all the centres falling in that cluster. This will divide the load, and one person will be able to handle the examinations competently at the local level.”

There are also plans under consideration to issue hall tickets much earlier in the academic year. “Students fill examination application forms at the beginning of the academic year. However, the task of feeding students’ data into the computer in order to issue hall tickets starts much later. If this process can be started immediately after the forms are filled, there will be enough time before the exams to rectify possible errors such as two papers on one day, or issues relating to exam centres,” said another official.

Finally, the varsity is planning to bring in technology. The official said, “There are incidents when students make mistakes in writing the paper codes in the application forms. This leads to further problems. Specialised software will be designed, wherein the machine will show up errors if a wrong set of paper codes is filled while a student’s data is being fed into the computer.”