1. TCS iON Digital Marking
Redefining the Future of Marking Answer Books

2. A New Age Marking Process of Answer Books

3. TCS iON Digital Marking
5.61 Mn
Answer books
Marked
22,667
Markers Used
3,457
Reviewers
Used 29
Customers Served 5
Answer Books / hour 44
Marking Engagements
557
Marking
Centres 52
Scanning
Centers
1/2/3
Markings per
answer books
21,139
Marking Nodes used
Customers
Meghalaya Board of School Education
Central Board of Secondary Education
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education
Karnataka Public Service Commission
Bundelkhand
University

4. TCS iON Digital Marking
Intelligent Marking 1
Accelerated Marking 2
Assistive Marking 3
Productive Marking 5
Flexible Marking 4

5. 1. Intelligent Marking Rule based assigning of AB
Alerts for unread pages and unassessed questions/sections
Auto-totaling of scores
Question-wise maximum scores configuration
Step-wise marking

6. 2. Accelerated Marking AB logistics elimination
Bulk scoring of parent questions
Reports and dashboards for continuous track of the progress
Quick retrieval

7. 3. Assistive Marking Marking scheme for consistency
Broadcast messaging
Summary of final scores per AB
Annotations and comments
Zoom-in facility for better clarity

8. 4. Flexible Marking Anytime, anywhere marking
Forecast of marking timelines for timely intervention
Concurrent marking
‘Save as draft’ to continue marking for current AB later

9. 5. Productive Marking Measure and monitor marker-wise
Marking center specific reports
Daily AB marking targets and limits for markers
Mandatory minimum marking duration per AB
Efficiently manage multiple marking iterations

10. End-to-End Marking Cycle
Marking as a service
Secured access to markers
Digital Marking 4 2
Secrecy coding of answer books
Scanning of answer books and quality check
Upload to secured data center
Scanning 6
Decoding scores/mapping
Marks collation
Publish scores
Result Publishing 1
Marking plan
Scanning and marking center management
Training of markers
Marking Planning 3
Solution configuration
Meta data upload
QP and marking scheme
Configuration 5
Command Center with progress report
Reports to track performance of markers
Marking center specific reports
Reporting and Analytics

11. Enhanced Experience 98.4% User Experience Customer Experience 97.7%
TRAINING
99.2%
SOFTWARE
97.7%
PROCESS &
SUPPORT
98.1%
Average User Satisfaction Index*
COMMUNICATION
*Based on evaluator and reviewer feedback
98.4%
User Experience
Dr. Manoj Srivastava
Regional Officer, Dehradun
Central Board of Secondary Education
Basudev Chatoi
Chairman
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha
“Focus on the evaluation is mainly to ensure timely declaration of results. The result which is more accurate and correct”
“Because of mechanisation, stakeholders have become impatient and expect quicker response. TCS iON Digital Marking solution fulfils this requirement completely and I foresee a great future for iON Digital Marking solution in the state of Odisha.”
Customer Experience

12. 4500+ trained manpower for on-time delivery
Key Pillars
Digitization
Distributed scanning for faster digitizing and reduced overall marking cycle
Hosted through own data center - ISO certified, Tier III, Cert-IN certified
Data Center
4500+ trained manpower for on-time delivery
Operational
Reach
Digital Markers Community (DMC) with pool of 25K+ certified markers across disciplines
Markers Community

13. Value Proposition Efficiency Increased trust factor on the Exam Body
100% accuracy in marking
99 % reduction in re-evaluation requests
40% reduction of marking process time
Increased trust factor on the Exam Body
Speed
Elimination of AB logistics
100% automation in result processing
Conducive environment for Markers
Transparency
On-demand RTI queries reduced to 1 day
Tracking process with reports and dashboards
Click by click audit trail
Reduced pressure of marking management
Security
100% elimination of tampering with marks
Zero loss of answer books in transit
No opportunities missed for Students
Scalability
Configurable solution
Simultaneous multi-marking process
Access to pool of digital markers

14. Case Study 1 - CBSE reduces re-evaluation request by 99%
1. Inconsistency in marking across evaluators
2. Errors/omissions: Missed sections, totaling errors
3. Increase evaluation centres across country
1. Marking scheme to drive uniformity
2. Auto governance checks like totaling, reviews
3. Markers data & answer books on the cloud
1. 40% reduction in marking cycle time
2. 99% reduction in re-marking requests
3. 100% elimination of totaling errors
marking centers with 6 scanning centers
2. Covering 7 subjects using 9,000 certified markers
3. Marked 2.2 million answer books

15. Case Study 2 - Bundelkhand University eliminates errors in the AB marking
SOLUTION
Answer books digitized
Markers data & answer books on the cloud
Marking scheme to drive uniformity
Auto governance checks like totaling, reviews
CHALLENGES
Inconsistency in marking across evaluators
Errors/omissions: Missed sections, totaling errors
In-efficiency: Delays in results publishing
ENGAGEMENT
Implemented for 9 streams in B.ED & B.Tech exams
Covering 152 subjects
Using 45 certified markers
Markers 70,000 answer books
IMPACT
Marking cycle time reduction by 30%
Lesser post-results queries
100% elimination of totaling errors
Transparency in marking process

16. Case Study 3 - KPSC brings transparency in answer books marking process
Inconsistency in marking across markers
Errors/omissions – Missed sections, totaling errors
CHALLENGES
Answer books digitized
Markers data & answer books on the Cloud
Marking scheme to drive uniformity
Auto governance checks like totaling, reviews
SOLUTION
Reduction in marking cycle time
100% elimination of totaling errors
Transparency in marking process
IMPACT
1 marking center with 1 scanning center
Covering 65 subjects using 826 certified markers
Marked 94,595 answer books
ENGAGEMENT

17. Re-define Answer Books Marking with
The New Age TCS iON Digital Marking