Transforming educational system into online platform itself is a challenging task for school students considering their young age and the unfamiliarity they face in utilizing the online resources. At the same time institutions are forced to conduct online test and examination since it’s the new normal. There are many difficulties and certain challenges arise with the same. However, online exams are a great way to conduct exams in a hassle-free, cost-effective way while compared to the traditional mode, that too across multiple locations. It is blessing in disguise since there is no need of travel especially for little kids.
CBSE & NCERT have developed TAMANNA (Try And Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities), an aptitude test for school students. Here is a case study of how TAMANNA aptitude test was conducted online using Thinkmerit Classroom Proctored Exam portal in Sanskar – The Co-Educational School, Ghaziabad.
About TAMANNA Aptitude Test
TAMANNA stands for Try And Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities. It is an aptitude test conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource along with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and National Council for Educational Research (NCERT) for the students of class IX and X in the CBSE affiliated schools across India. Nearly 17,000 students appear in this test every year. It enables stakeholders to know the aptitude of students. But marinating integrity and ensuring security is very essential since it’s a nationwide exam which should be free from malpractices and other unfair means.
Implementation Approach
The test was to be conducted for students of class 10th from multiple locations across India. They were few challenges in conducting the test. Let us read about them.
1. Lack of awareness of Online Exams
Majority of the school going students are not much aware about computers and are very worried about online exams due to their lack of knowledge in technical fields. We could resolve this challenge by conducting mock test so as to get familiarized to the online test mode. Thinkmerit also provided the students with lot of demo videos and help documents proved to be useful for the students. Using which students could understand the system of online exam and it also eliminated the fear of online exams.
2. Exam Invigilation Challenge
Since TAMANNA is a nationwide aptitude exam, its security shall be ensured along with the maintenance of its integrity. Conducting in online mode along with detailed instructions and part wise fix timings raised a lot of worries in terms of its quality and security since the students can involve in malpractices and seek external help. Conducting online exams was a great task in the light of COVID-19.
To fix this issue, ThinkMerit Team developed the remote proctoring technology and integrated it with their test platform. It helped the teachers to monitor the candidates along with authentication of the identity of the end user who appears in the test. 4-way proctoring solution (IMAGE + SCREEN + AUDIO + VIDEO), audit entries and logs helped the organizers to conduct the exam successfully in a fair manner.
The entire exam become fair and easy with the technology available.
Conclusion
ThinkMerit Online proctored exam software is designed and developed to conduct online test for any age group. It is very easy to access and extremely user-friendly. We have an amazing team who understand the customer requirements provide customize solutions within strict timelines.
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