The company may have to set up state-of-the-art units for digital fingerprint or picture capturing together with educated technical manpower to perform this process, says the bid doc, which has been accessed by News18. (Getty Images)
Inviting bids, the CBSE says roughly 1,200 to 1,500 centres, 17 lakh candidates and 4 examination dates might be lined. The venture will price about Rs 5 crore
The CBSE on Saturday issued bids saying it plans to implement biometric authentication in examinations to curb malpractices, unfair means and impersonation. The massive transfer will cowl almost 1,500 examination centres throughout the nation and shut to 17 lakh college students.
“The Board conducts various examinations across the country both in offline/online modes i.e., pen and paper exam or CBT mode in various selected Cities across India. Biometric Authentication services (Digital Finger-print capturing, photo capturing, Face matching with scanned photos of candidates for authentication of candidates) during Examination and post-examination are to be provided in approximately 1,200 to 1,500 examination centres per exam across the country,” says the bid doc, which has been accessed by News18.
This is to curb malpractices, unfair means and impersonation to guarantee easy conduct of examinations, the board doc says. “CBSE is keen to implement biometric authentication and attendance marking system to make the examination process robust by implementing Digital Finger-print capturing and Face matching (including photo capturing) of candidates by verifying Candidate’s identity on a real-time basis to monitor various activities of candidates at the examination centres across the country,” the CBSE doc provides.
The CBSE stated roughly 1,200 to 1,500 centres, 17 lakh candidates and 4 examination dates are to be lined. The venture will price about Rs 5 crore.
How will it Work?
The doc says that the CBSE will present centre-wise information (roll numbers, photographs, identify, examination date/shift and so forth.) of all registered candidates to the chosen company which can then use this information for fingerprint/picture capturing and face matching and shall allow robust mechanism for candidate verification throughout and subsequent levels of the method.
“The agency will have to install state-of-the-art devices for digital fingerprint or photo capturing along with trained technical manpower to carry out this task at each & every examination centre during the conduct of examination,” CBSE says.
CBSE has additionally specified that there can be real-time attendance monitoring. It has stated that the QR code or barcode containing the roll quantity on the admit card of the candidate must be scanned or learn to auto-fetch the candidate particulars from the applying database supplied by the CBSE. In case, the QR/barcode on the admit card is lacking or not scannable, then guide entry of roll quantity with candidate data has to be made.
“Thereafter, Fingerprint/photo capturing of a candidate and Face matching by the device shall be done at the Security gate before the beginning of the examination,” CBSE says.
The Board says all actions must be accomplished earlier than the conclusion of the examination and your complete database and utility server might be at two totally different seismic zones inside India, making one website as DC (information centre) and the opposite website as DR (catastrophe restoration). “The agency should deploy a de-duplication algorithm across the database to avoid duplicating candidates’ records. The face matching should be performed between two images (provided during the online registration and the other captured on the day of the exam),” the doc says.
The company can even carry out bodily verification of the candidate’s picture with the applying database supplied by CBSE on the time of safety gate entry. After completion of the exercise, the company will hand over all captured information to the CBSE on the day of the examination.
The company can even depute no less than one fingerprint/picture capturing system and face-matching system on each 60 candidates in the course of the examination and post-examination levels as and when scheduled by the CBSE.
“The Agency will have to ensure that all the devices must be functional and have captured fingerprint and photographs of each candidate who has appeared in the examination at each centre,” the doc says.
The company shall preserve strict secrecy and confidentiality and won’t disclose any data relating to task or examination to any third social gathering or individual, the doc mentions. The CBSE has additionally suggested the chosen company to go to all of the centres nicely in advance to get acquainted with the obtainable amenities on the centre.
