AI-aided technology to monitor SSLC exams in Karnataka this year
Bengaluru: The class 10 (SSLC) exams in Karnataka will reportedly be monitored using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powdered CCTV cameras, which is designed to detect any malpractices or irregularities at examination centres.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has decided to install AI-powered CCTV cameras at select centres deemed "sensitive" and "hypersensitive" across the state, as well as at all centres in the Bengaluru North and South Educational Districts, as reported by The Hindu on Wednesday.
KSEAB director H.N. Gopalakrishna said that they will take up a pilot project in collaboration with Microsoft, which will provide customised software for monitoring the exam centres.
Over sixty invigilators were suspended and many students were debarred for engaging in various forms of malpractice during the 2023 SSLC exams. Following this, the KSEAB introduced webcasting across all exam centres in 2024, leading to a severe drop in the results pushing the board to provide grace marks, indicating how prevalent irregularities were in these exams, the report mentioned.
However, the manual process of live monitoring through webcasting was resource-intensive and prone to errors. To address these challenges, the KSEAB is turning to AI to monitor the webcast.
The AI software will flag malpractices, fed to the software earlier, from the video feed. If it detects any irregularities, it will immediately send detailed reports, including photographs and video clips, to the examination centre chief, district Deputy Commissioners, chairman of KSEAB, among other officials, the report added.
Karnataka’s SSLC examinations are scheduled to be held from March 21 to April 4, 2025.
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West Bengal Class 12 results declared; overall pass percentage 91.23%
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Thursday announced the results of its Class 12 examination, which recorded an overall pass percentage of 91.23 per cent.
The results included those of the candidates from the fourth semester under the new system, supplementary candidates of the third semester, and students appearing under the old annual examination pattern.
While the pass percentage among girls stood at 92.47 per cent, boys recorded a pass percentage of 89.71 per cent.
As many as 64 candidates -- including 56 boys and eight girls -- featured in the top 10 list. Adrito Pal of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya secured the first rank in the state by scoring 496 out of 500 marks.
Jishnu Kundu of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Purulia and Ritobrata Nath of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya secured the second rank with 495 marks each.
Candidates dissatisfied with their fourth-semester results would be allowed to reappear in the examination next year after surrendering the current year's result.
According to official data, a total of 7,10,811 candidates appeared for the higher secondary examination this year.
Of them, 6,35,864 students appeared in the final semester examination under the new system, 59,452 candidates took the supplementary examination for the second semester, and 15,495 students appeared under the old annual examination pattern.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari congratulated all students who have passed the higher secondary examination in a post on X.
"Your hard work, perseverance, and self-confidence have taken the form of success. May the success inspire you to dream even bigger on the path ahead. I wish that your future be bright, that you get success in every field and that you bring glory to your family, society, and state," he wrote on social media.
