The main objective is to assess the knowledge gained by the students and motivate them to improve upon it and building confidence among the students about the assessment system. A Strict and flawless examination system, maintaining uniformity and consistency in assessment are the backbone of any evaluation system.
The examination wing is manned by the persons with appropriate qualifications and qualities like self discipline, accuracy, confidentiality, time consciousness, high degree of integrity in fulfilling the objectives of the system and complete understanding of their duties and responsibilities to achieve the targets.
The controller of Examinations shall monitor over all functioning of the examination wing and evaluation process. The office of the Controller of Examination is mainly responsible for conduct of the Examination both theory and Practical from time to time.
The Assistant Controller of Examination shall assist the Controller of Examinations in publishing the results of the various programmes.
In each session around 25 thousand students will be appearing for the Examinations. The evaluation is done centrally at the University Head Quarter. The answer scripts received from various Examination centers are processed only at the Head quarters.
The whole Examination process is automated and will facilitate to ensure quick and accurate results. There is no manual intervention anywhere and complete confidentiality is maintained as the TNOU adopts the three part OMR technology with barcode.
The Examination Process at the Tamil Nadu Open University is as follows: