In India the conventional method for conducting examinations – on pen and paper; are subject to lots of difficulties. The challenges are faced by students, instructors, examiners and institutions at large. The difficulties can emerge in the form of accidental question paper leakage, cheating on exams or even faulty paper checking leading to inaccurate scoring by students. These issues not only give mental stress to students, but also bring a bad name to universities or institutions and the system at large.
The most ideal approach to handle these pen and paper examination challenges is to adopt a modern online examination application. This and the fact that Online applications are increasingly being adopted in India is driving rapid adoption of digital assessment and online examination tools in higher education.
Modern online assessment/online examination systems provide a robust platform to author questions and add them to the question bank. The online examination system allows usage of various types of question items including types involving video and animation. Also, since the question paper now does not need to be printed it totally removes one major cause of question paper leakage in the country.
Candidates who are residing in a remote location or in a different state can usually avail of the online examination in a far easier manner. This is because they can now appear for their examination of any part of the world.
As it is when compared with the traditional classroom philosophy, the students who opt for online classes adopt a totally new paradigm. It is thus no wonder that they readily prefer a similarly convenient mode of assessment.
