COVID-19 Lockdown: IIM-Sambalpur To Conduct Online Exam For First-Year Students In June

Sambalpur: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Sambalpur is going to be first among the management institutes in the country to conduct the online proctoring examination for the first-year students in June.

Talking to mediapersons here, Director, IIM-Sambalpur, Prof Mahadev Jaiswal said the annual examination of the first-year students is usually held in the second and third week of March. However, it could not be conducted as the students had to vacate the institute following the nationwide lockdown.

“Amid the prevailing situation, it will be difficult to say when things will normalise. Therefore, we have decided to adopt the online proctoring examination for the first-year students which will allow them to take the test online from home,” Jaiswal said, adding that it will be a low-cost affair.

Stating that 100 first-year students will take the online examination in 12 subjects, he said the they are told not to seek any external help while answering the papers and the institute will strictly monitor their movement through the video camera either on their laptop or a mounted camera on their desktop. “The faculty of the IIM-Sambalpur will evaluate the papers of the students,” he added.

Jaiswal further said as the online examination will be conducted by a third party, the institute has invited quotations.