In the wake of the rising surge of the pandemic, it has become extremely difficult to conduct life normally. Everybody is affected by it, some on a massive level, and some on the lower side. Nothing is left behind in this ride, and the most affected has been education. High-stake exams have been put on hold, or even cancelled due to the current situation. The Central Board of Secondary Education, India, has decided to cancel the board exams for class 10th and has postponed the board exams for class 12th across the country. Some CBSE schools are in favor of conducting, both, in-person and online exams as consented by the students and parents.
Parents and students, on a very low scale, have admitted to in-person exams for secondary classes, but the numbers of non-consenting students are huge, making it extremely painful for the Board to take any decisions on the same. The Board, for class 10th, has decided to grade the students on an objective criterion. Students dissatisfied from their results would get an opportunity to sit in an examination whenever it is possible to conduct one, and prove their point.
All of these situations lead everyone to a question - how is this going to affect the future of the youth today?
Exams are an important part of learning, specifically exams for the senior secondary classes, as they pave the way to our future, our career, and our living. They build the basic foundation of our growing years and help us choose and pursue whatever that fits the best for us. Teachers, across PAN India, believe that this is going to hamper the learning of students as they won't achieve the learning outcomes or attain the most basic knowledge. Boards are important for multiple reasons, which cannot be avoided, the most important being, Exams help students get ready for the pressures and hard situations that they might face in the future.
Cancelling exams would hamper students' learning and they would not be able to attain the most basic knowledge. By promoting students without exams, learning becomes less of a priority for students as the main reason why they study is Examinations.
They won't be interested to learn and memorize subjects as it would not be relevant to them anymore.
What should rather be done?
One solution to this situation is conducting exams efficiently, just not in person. Technology is growing at a fast pace, which has enabled us to do anything digitally and virtually. This includes conducting exams as well. Exams when conducted online would create a safe space for the students and the institutions, both.
Students would be able to give exams with ease at their own homes, and faculties can grade them fairly using the advanced reports generated with the help of online exams. The online mode of exams will also be extremely cost-efficient for institutions and students. The expenditure incurred on annual exams will be eliminated, as well as the cost of invigilation and renting classrooms. Students would not have to commute and pay to reach the exam centers. Online exams will also minimize the hassle caused in the end-to-end management of physical examinations. Be it any hard, unprecedented situations, online exams will always come in handy.
Also with live automated and remote manual proctoring, the exact same feel of physical invigilation will always remain. Any malpractices by the students will be detected by either an auto proctor using:
- image recognition
- movement tracking
- object detection
Or remote manual proctor, certified, using:
- live feed
- room scan.
How Wheebox can help the Central Board to conduct Board Exams?
Wheebox is a major player in the world of online examinations and can help schools assess their students efficiently with its researched analytics, advanced technology, and robust platform & proctoring solutions.
There are multiple reasons how Wheebox can play a role in conducting CBSE Board Exams for classes 10th and 12th:
Efficient & Customizable Platform
Wheebox offers a customizable platform and proctoring solutions, as per the requirements of institutions. These solutions are efficient and enable a seamless examination experience for the institutions and the candidates, both.
Powerful Proctoring Solutions
The proctoring solutions are AI-backed and make online exams completely cheat-proof with features such as the following:
- Face Recognition
- Face Tracking
- Object Detection
- 360 Degree Room Scan
- Live Feed.
This enables a secured environment to conduct exams online.
Complete Data Security
The privacy of the institutions and security of their data is Wheebox?s foremost priority. The data is never breached and can be deleted in the given time period authorized by institutions.
Ensured Privacy of the test-takers
No videos/screenshots/images are kept after the evaluation of tests, and complete privacy for the candidates is ensured during and after the online examinations.
Cost-effective & Seamless Examination Experience
By subscribing to the Wheebox Online Assessment Platform for a given time period, multiple tests can be conducted without having to look for various vendors for different tests. This saves the time and money of the institutions multifold and enables seamless examination journeys.
The Platform is Certified
The Wheebox Online Assessment Platform is certified by CERT-In, the National Agency for Cyber Security, which makes it even more reliable and secured to conduct online exams on.
Advanced Analytics and Reliable Reports
The exam results do not only state the marks obtained in particular subjects, but gives a detailed, in-depth report of students' progress and tells about the areas of improvement and areas of expertise of students.
RPaaS and PaaS
Wheebox offers integrated, API-based proctoring services for tablets and mobiles for the students to attend exams with ease. It also offers its assessment platform as a service via which it becomes easier to conduct multiple exams hassle-free, without having to worry about the end-to-end management of examinations. One can simply subscribe to Wheebox's services and products for a given period of time and enable seamless examination experiences.
It is high time now that we understand that the need of the hour is not to cancel or postpone examinations as that will hamper students' futures, rather it's time to change the way we go about exams and take it all virtual for efficient, evolved examination experiences.
