Marks from multiple examiners, moderation, averaging and CGPA calculation were being done on paper and in spreadsheets, where a single arithmetic error can reach a published result. Nothing was being done carelessly, but a published result that has to be corrected is the worst outcome a department can have.
What we built
A tabulation system with examiner-wise mark entry, moderation, automatic averaging and CGPA calculated against the department's own regulation, including improvement and retake cases. Each examiner enters his own marks; nobody sees another examiner's figures until moderation is triggered.
Tabulation no longer depends on one person's availability or attention, and every figure in a grade sheet can be traced back to the examiner who gave it.
Where it stands
Tabulation no longer depends on one person's availability or attention, and every figure in a grade sheet can be traced back to the examiner who gave it. A correction nobody can explain has become an entry with a full history behind it.
What we took from it
A corrected result costs a department far more than a delayed one. The safest tabulation is the one nobody has to recalculate.
Marks moved on paper between rooms
Entered once by the examiner
CGPA calculated by hand
Calculated by the regulation
A correction nobody can explain
Every figure has a trail