{"id":145937,"date":"2020-12-21T01:05:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T19:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=145937"},"modified":"2020-12-21T01:05:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T19:35:22","slug":"arunachal-conducts-nations-first-cbt-for-iti-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/12\/21\/arunachal-conducts-nations-first-cbt-for-iti-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachal conducts nation&#8217;s first CBT for ITI students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 20 Dec:<\/strong> Arunachal has become the first state in the country to conduct computer-based tests (CBT) in the All India Trade Test (AITT) for Industrial Training Institute (ITI) students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The examination was conducted exclusively in Arunachal from 9-20 December by the directorate general of training and Chennai-based National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) through the state&#8217;s skill development &amp; entrepreneurship (SDE) directorate in five government ITIs for 795 students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The traditional form of examination, using OMRC sheets, was replaced by web-based examination, as done for premier entrance examinations like JEE, AIEEE, NET, and it was found to be more accurate, faster and reliable,&#8221; said SDE Director Subu Tabin in a press release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;With usage of technology in the examination process, the results are prepared in very short duration without any manual intervention,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tabin said that the CBT for the AITT was a big challenge as the ITIs in the state are not sufficiently equipped with resources like computers, switches, high-speed servers, LAN, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This task was more difficult to accomplish due to poor internet connectivity in the state in general and places like Tabarijo, Balinong with almost zero internet connectivity,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Everyday, ITI officials had to travel carrying the servers to a place with decent internet connectivity to submit the day&#8217;s exam data to NIMI and get the update of the next day&#8217;s examination,&#8221; Tabin informed, adding that, in spite of the limitations, &#8220;all the ITIs of the state successfully conducted the CBT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The examination, held across all five government ITIs, was conducted for 21 different trades, he informed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 20 Dec: Arunachal has become the first state in the country to conduct computer-based tests (CBT) in the All India Trade Test (AITT) for Industrial Training Institute (ITI) students. The examination was conducted exclusively in Arunachal from 9-20 December by the directorate general of training and Chennai-based National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}