VTU decides to webcast evaluation to fix the problem of proxy evaluators

You whitethorn person heard of students giving proxy attendance for their classmates oregon adjacent idiosyncratic appearing successful spot of a pupil to constitute an examination; but now, authorities person to defender against adjacent proxy evaluators.

To curb cases of “substitute” evaluators turning up successful spot of those designated to close reply scripts, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has decided to webcast the valuation utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered web cameras.

Process has begun

VTU has already begun installing these cameras astatine each valuation centres and the process volition beryllium completed by January, 2026. These cameras are equipped with facial designation diagnostic to place the evaluators.

There are 253 engineering colleges nether VTU, with much than 3 lakh students studying. Every semester, much than 10 lakh reply sheets are collected.

Currently, VTU is conducting integer valuation of engineering reply sheets. First, the reply sheets are scanned and past uploaded onto computers for evaluation, which happens astatine 26 centres. Thousands are enrolled arsenic evaluators each year. VTU authorities person detected instances of proxy evaluators turning up, which has forced them to deliberation of measures to curb the trend.

“Many improvements person been made to bring transparency successful the VTU introspection and the valuation system. Although CCTVs person been installed astatine valuation centres, incidents person travel to our attraction wherever immoderate evaluators sent substitutes alternatively of attending the evaluation. To forestall specified acts, steps person been taken to instal AI-enabled web cameras astatine each valuation centres and show the introspection processes done webcasting,” said S. Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor of VTU.

Live monitoring

The unrecorded provender from each valuation centres would beryllium monitored from VTU caput bureau successful Belagavi. If substitute evaluators oregon unauthorised persons arrived astatine the valuation centres, the web cameras would instantly observe them and nonstop the accusation to the VTU caput office, the Vice-Chancellor explained.

VTU has besides introduced a caller strategy wherever the remuneration for valuation volition beryllium sent to slope accounts and accusation sent to their mobiles.