Students Welcome Instant Eapcet Scores
The instant scores were displayed on students’ computer screens as per the preliminary key. Final scores, along with ranks, will be awarded based on the final key and normalised marks.
HYDERABAD: Students welcomed the state government’s new initiative of delivering instant Eapcet scores after the exam, saying it reduced anxiety and gave them a fair idea about their expected rank and college admission. Only the Eapcet is providing instant temporary marking in Telangana, apart from BITS-Pilani
The instant scores were displayed on students’ computer screens as per the preliminary key. Final scores, along with ranks, will be awarded based on the final key and normalised marks.
Sanni Vas, a student, said the new feature helped him predict his rank by comparing previous years’ marks and ranks hosted on the website. Vamshi Madhav, said the scorecard shown on the computer matched his expectations and reduced the anxiety of waiting until the final key or results.
Vaishnavi D. noted that students who performed well may feel confident, while those who did not could feel disappointed in the exam hall itself. Anirudh Sai Vignesh said seeing the score immediately gave him confidence about which college he could get into. “It helped in understanding how much I scored after attempting all the questions,” he added.
Prof. K. Vijaya Kumar Reddy, convener of Eapcet, said the initiative was introduced to bring more transparency in conducting the examination and to allow students to assess their performance immediately.
Explaining last year’s ranking, Prof. Reddy said only 2,227 students out of two lakh secured more than 80 marks against the total of 160. He added that since the examinations will conclude on May 11, response sheets and preliminary keys will be hosted on the website to receive objections.
Meanwhile, students reported the second day of the engineering stream exams to be moderately difficult. Mathematics problems were lengthy and tough, while physics and chemistry were within the expected range, said subject expert K. Krishna Chaitanya.
A total of 35,092 students registered and 32,673 appeared in the morning session. In the afternoon session, 35,518 registered and 33,225 appeared.