siliconindia | |November 20189EDUCATION SECTOR RESISTING THE ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGYAlso, when it comes to evaluat-ing the papers, one teacher has to as-sess and mark hundreds of papers, a tedious & time-taking process, and unwittingly precipitate miscalcula-tions, and sometimes missing-out correcting papers and answers. Cor-ruption is unfortunately rampant in India across sectors. However, the in-tervention of technology can reduce these issues and maintain transpar-ency within the system. What can we do?Pre-Examination: An indisputable problem that is a matter of concern for all students before their exams isn't the exam fever, but it's the fear of question papers leaking. Universities and boards must take immediate steps to rein-in this problem, and technology can come handy in providing a solution in such cases. There are technologies in the market now which allow for generation of on-time question papers. These question papers are prepared through an amalgamation of multiple question papers submitted by various teachers across the university/board, and later sent to the institution or examination centers, barely 15 minutes before the start of the exam and that too through a one time password. Usage of this technology ensures security for the examination process and retains the faith of students in the education system.Post-Examination: Results de-termine a student's career. The idea behind the examinations is to assess and evaluate a student's aptitude, and when the result turns-out unfa-vorable due to wrong assessment, they can prove a shocker. Technolo-gies like e-evaluation can come to the rescue in such cases. Teachers have to evaluate the papers through an online marking process and tech-nology ensures that teachers do not err while totaling the marks or will not miss-out on evaluating a ques-tion. This technology also ensures that no answers are missed and no pages skipped. Digital University: Digital uni-versities encompass a basket of so-lutions that create a comprehensive student management system using the Internet, mobile, chatbots and edge devices. It enables end-to-end digitization of the education value chain for their seamless application management, enrolment, academic content delivery and evaluations. The result is improved learning delivery, enhanced user experience and better student outcomes. While the digital technologies have ensconced them-self across almost all sectors, the edu-cation sector is taking time to adopt it. But it could only be a matter of time before the stakeholders feel that it's imperative for the sector to em-brace it to optimise the utility of the education they impart. While the digital technologies have ensconced itself across almost all sectors, the education sector is taking time to adopt it
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