BANGALORE: Applying for revaluation is set to get as easy as paying one's electricity bill as Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor N Prabhu Dev, on Tuesday announced that henceforth students could file for revaluation from any BangaloreOne centres.
"We have entered into an agreement with Bangalore One to simplify the process of students applying for photocopies or for revaluation. Once they apply by paying the prescribed fee in cash or demand draft, they will get photocopies of their answer sheets through Speed Post in just 21 days", he said.
So, students can apply for revaluation by paying Rs150 and can get photocopy of the answer script for a fee of `315.
The vice-chancellor said on an average the university gets around 10,000 revaluation and photocopy applications per semester.
He said while this would cut down on students running from pillar to post, BangaloreOne would get `5 per paper from the university.
College-friendly move
"Evaluation for the B.Com, BBM examinations [English] that is presently being held, will commence from November 25 and evaluation of their Kannada counterparts will commence from November 30. The results will be announced in 25 days, out of which, 20 will be holidays for faculty members", said Prabhu Dev.
Meanwhile, the university has also introduced an online system for internal assessment of marks and OMR sheets for practical marks.
"With this, colleges don't have to come to the university and can directly upload the marks on their websites. This semester will be the last time for entering numerical marks for internal assessment", he said.
The VC clarified that evaluators were never ordered to correct 36 papers per day. "We only said up to 36 sheets, with a minimum of 24 per day. If they want to, they can evaluate more than 24 scripts a day", he said, adding that evaluators would be paid an allowance of `20 per script as well as a refreshment allowance of `30 daily. This year, there are about 13 lakh scripts for evaluation.
OMR for noncore
The university has also decided to conduct exams for noncore subjects, such as Computer Fundamentals and Indian Constitution, by introducing multiplechoice questions and the Optical Mark Recognition sheet for answering.
Acting tough
The varsity has also introduced automatic dummy numbers and a biometric system to record proper identity and attendance of students at examinations centres. Dev said both the valuators and reviewers would have to use their thumb print to record their entry and exit.