From The Hindu · Jayanth R. · · 1m 30s
VTU replaces supplementary exams with on-demand tests
Visvesvaraya Technological University will let students sit exams whenever they want, ending the wait for scheduled supplementary exam dates.
In brief
Visvesvaraya Technological University will let students sit exams whenever they want, ending the wait for scheduled supplementary exam dates. VTU will replace supplementary exams with on-demand tests that students can request at any time, including public holidays, to avoid losing an academic year. Originally reported…
VTU introduces on-demand exams
Visvesvaraya Technological University will conduct examinations whenever students request them, even for a single student, to prevent losing an academic year.
No more waiting for exam schedules
Students will no longer wait for the university to announce supplementary examination schedules. They can request exams at times convenient to them, including public holidays.
Vice-Chancellor explains the change
S. Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor of VTU, said the university made all necessary preparations. Even if a single student wishes to appear for an examination, the university will conduct it.
“Even if a single student wishes to appear for an examination, we will conduct it for them.”
Results within twenty-four hours
VTU will announce results within twenty-four hours of the examination for students appearing for on-demand exams. All affiliated engineering colleges must inform students about this opportunity.
Scale of VTU's engineering network
VTU oversees two hundred twenty engineering colleges with around three lakh students. Approximately seventy thousand students secure admission every year, with around twenty percent failing one or more subjects per semester.
AI and infrastructure ready
VTU will use Artificial Intelligence to prepare question papers from a bank of five hundred to six hundred papers per subject. The university has deployed required staff and made necessary arrangements to conduct these examinations.
The one thing
VTU will replace supplementary exams with on-demand tests that students can request at any time, including public holidays, to avoid losing an academic year.
