Embracing the advances made in information technology to facilitate better learning environment, Punjab Technical University (PTU) is planning to conduct its examinations online from the forthcoming academic session.
"There are around four lakh students, who are studying at various colleges that are affiliated to PTU and conducting examination for them needed a lot of manpower, time and resources," said PTU Registrar, Nachhatar Singh.
"Therefore, in a bid to streamline our examination system, we have decided to conduct exams online from the next session. Moreover, online examination would enable the university to announce the results without any delay," said Singh.
He added they had developed a special software that would be managed by a common server to keep a tab on the authenticity of the question papers and fairness in the conduct of examination.
"We have also planned to impart training to our staff members to manage the operations of online examinations. We would offer students an option to make a choice between online or paper-pen examination," he said.
Singh said that the target of the PTU was to impart quality education not the quantity of students. He also said that they had written to the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to not allow opening of the new technical colleges as during the recent past, 45 percent seats in engineering courses, 25 percent in management institutes and 75 percent in pharmacy colleges remained vacant.
He added that changes should be made in the present syllabus so as to meet the changing requirements of the industrial world. The university is working with CII to develop the syllabus of the courses. <reference from website )
--
Head, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering
First Floor , Engineering Block I,
Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran (Mohali)-140307, Punjab, India
Phone : +91-0172-3984200 Ext 216
+91-0172-3984216 (Direct)
+ 91- 9781925246 (Mobile)
Fax : +91-0172-3984207
E-Mail:cecm.cse@gmail.com
URL : www.cecmohali.org/cse.asp
