Hyderabad: To make the EAMCET more transparent, authorities are considering introducing a carbon copy to the Optical Metric Reader (OMR) sheet where the students mark their answers.

If the system is introduced students can take away the carbon copy right after the examination and it will help them calculate the exact marks once the key is released. “We want to study the system that exists in Karnataka and make changes if necessary and introduce it from next year,” the EAMCET Committee Chairman, D.N. Reddy said. “This will drive away unnecessary doubts among parents as they will have access to the answer sheet of their wards,” he said.

Prof. Reddy said the EAMCET is already transparent with students allowed to apply for an OMR sheet after the results are announced and our state is the only one in the country to provide this facility. “Moreover, we also seek objections from students and teachers on the key and make changes to it if necessary before going for valuation,” he said. Providing the carbon will be another feature to infuse confidence among aspirants. At the same time, he did not rule out some students creating problems with tampered carbon copies. He said about 2,000 students applied for photocopy of OMR answer sheets this year and re-verification but not a single fault was found after the scrutiny. A committee consisting of senior professors - Venugopal Reddy, Principal, Osmania University College of Engineering and Shiv Shanker, a professor in the ANGRAU looked into the re-verification process and gave a report that not a single change was made in the existing results. Another major mistake committed by students is mentioning the wrong booklet code. This year about 6,000 students mentioned wrong booklet code but the software detected it.