Digital evaluation worth it despite glitches: IIT-M director

With the Education ministry roping in experts from IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur to help with technical glitches in the Class XII digital evaluation system of the CBSE, we caught up with Professor V Kamakoti , Director of IIT Madras and Padma Shri awardee, to understand the issues and the way ahead:

Digital evaluation worth it despite glitches: IIT-M director. With the Education ministry roping in experts from IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur to help with technical glitches in the Class XII digital evaluation system of the CBSE, we caught up with Professor V Kamakoti , Director of IIT Madras and Padma Shri awardee, to understand the issues and the way ahead: The On-Screen Marking System (OSM) for evaluation of answer sheets was adopted by the CBSE in 2014 but given up later due to technical infrastructure issues. After 12 years, it has been reintroduced and has stumbled into major issues. Is there a problem with the digital system itself? We have the necessary technical infrastructure now. While glitches have occurred, we cannot demean everything the CBSE has done so far. The initial teething problems will always be there. The OSM is superi...