Good response to Tiruvannamalai dist’s online exam for students

Sources said that a total of 34,148 students attended the online exam on Wednesday. The number of students who took the online exam in the first phase was 21,041.

Following the response, the Tiruvannamalai NIC (National Informatics Centre – the network connecting all taluk offices in the country), which created the software for the online exam, has been receiving a flurry of requests for its counterparts in several other places to share the software

During the first phase of the online exam, a brainchild of Collector KS Kandasamy to keep students in touch with academic activities during the lockdown, many students complained that they were not able to complete the hour-long exercise due to various glitches. As special case and because of the glitches reported, several students of the first phase were also allowed to attend the second phase along with the fresh candidates.

This relaxation jacked up the number of students to 34, 148 attempting the hour-long exam through their schools, mobile phones and through e-seva centres,” Kandasamy told DT Next.

Asked if the move did not infringe on social distancing norms, he said, students were issued tokens and when they come to school, each class of about 20 students would be kept aloof till a system was free.

They would then participate and be immediately picked up by their parents. Social distancing and use of face masks were followed. As exams were held between 10 am and 5 pm, there were no logistic problems, the Collector added.