SPPU introduces computerised paper checking system from this semester

PUNE: While the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is currently conducting semester examinations in traditional, offline mode after a gap of two years, the varsity will be using a digital method to check the students’ answer sheets. Towards this, dedicated computers and automatic machines are being set up at the university campus. The digital system promises to check the students’ answer sheets within a few seconds.

As per information shared by the examination department of the SPPU, the computerised paper checking system has been developed by the university itself and will be deployed starting this semester. Initially, answer sheets of post-graduate courses will be checked followed by those of undergraduate and diploma courses. There are more than 1,000 colleges affiliated to the SPPU in Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts, and more than 6 lakh students appear for the exams. Earlier, their answer sheets used to be checked manually by faculty members.