Software glitches mar college-level online exams

Professors of first year and second year undergraduate programmes complained about technical issues and difficulties experienced in ongoing collegelevel online examinations. Professors revealed the internal sof tware system takes five attempts to login before ever y exam and there is no way of proctoring the exam thoroughly to check if students are cheating. Students said the systems of ten hang up as servers go down.

Currently, degree colleges are conducting FY and SY exams via online using proctoring sof tware developed internally. Archana Rao, a professor of histor y at a South Mumbai college, said, "I have to tr y at least five times to login on the internal proctoring sof tware developed for online exams. Every day I go through this ordeal."

Chetan Pednekar, a professor of marketing at a Borivali college, said, "During ever y exam, I receive at least five complaints from students saying they are unable to login. Many students join the exam portal 10 to 15 minutes late because they are unable to login on time due to technical issues."