From this year, MUHS to conduct online Evaluation of Answer Sheets

Maharashtra- After last year's successful trials on the online evaluation of answer sheets, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has decided to conduct an online evaluation of answer sheets instead of a manual evaluation for all courses from this academic year.

Following the fewer errors and declaring the results on time last year, the plan has been now officially firmed up as it will significantly help in reducing the errors and expediting the declaration of results within two weeks.

This online evaluation of answer sheets will significantly help MUHS to declare the results within two weeks as compared to the standard 1.5 months. To start this process, a digital evaluation centre is being set up in each medical college with an examination coordinator who will scan the answer sheets.

According to HT Media News report, the MUHS official said “These centres are under CCTV surveillance. Once the professor starts assessing answer sheets after logging in, they will get an OTP on their phone that will record all steps involved with the assessments”.

“Thousands of exams are conducted every year. The benefit of having an online assessment is be the results won’t get delayed. Also, the software sends alerts if the assessor has missed checking an answer” the official further added.

MUHS officials said the new pattern of evaluation of answer sheets is on the lines of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Karnataka. They had visited the university before conducting the pilot run.

The Pilot project was implemented during the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), MBBS and PG examinations between December 2022 and June this year. During this pilot project, MUHS evaluated more than 28,300 answer sheets and the results were declared in two days.

On this, the vice-chancellor Lt Gen Dr Madhuri Kanitkar (retd) also said “Last year, on a pilot basis, we conducted an online assessment of certain answer sheets and it was observed that it was a more viable option. We have now decided to implement online assessment in all the courses from this academic year".