US, Singaporean, Malaysian varsities get answer sheets assessed in the city.
After tutoring, it’s now the turn of assessments at US-based varsities to get Bangalored.
Scores of students in the US pursuing courses in management, social sciences and the liberal arts will see their term papers and assignments graded by EduMetry, a firm with an Indian connection.
So far, around 12 educational institutions in the US and more in Singapore and Malaysia are utilising the services of EduMetry, a firm specialising in assessments.
Set up in 2005, the firm has offices in the US and in Bangalore. Roosevelt University College of Business Administration and the University of Northern Iowa College of Business Administration are among its clients.
“We work in close conjunction with faculty members on assessments and provide regular feedback. Everyone talks about the duty of faculty members as teaching and conducting evaluations. But most are interested in pursuing research, which gets them more recognition.
Even teaching assistants can’t spend as much time as we do on grading and assessing papers,” says Ravindra Singh Bangari, vice-president, assessment operations, EduMetry.
The firm is not keen to reveal its staff strength in Bangalore or in the US, but has employed primarily professionals with a Masters’ degree from various streams, with some being educated in the US.
“We can stand up to scrutiny by anyone. We have met the exacting standards which American universities have set. We have heard references being made about the graders being from third world countries. But all our assessors hold a minimum qualification of a Masters’ degree or have a PhD. There are US-educated professionals working with us too,” Bangari adds.
According to Bangari, most of the assessors (knowledge managers and virtual teaching assistants) are working on a part-time basis with EduMetry.
“We have professionals working everywhere. There are several colleagues who have wives who are well-educated and have taken a break from their full-time careers. They can take on such work because they can do it from their own cities and communicate with us online,” says Bangari.
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