NMIMS and Pearson Vue Get It Right First Time With Launch of Computer-Based Testing

NMIMS and Pearson Vue Get It Right First Time With Launch of Computer-Based Testing

India’s premier management school, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), has crossed a milestone by successfully shifting its prestigious entrance test to a computer-based test format.

The Narsee Monjee Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) was administered between January 30 and February 8, 2010 at test centres across India.

Pearson VUE, the global leader in administering CBT and the partner selected by NMIMS to take the NMAT on-line, credits the smooth candidate experience to its proven time-tested global processes.

Pearson VUE, which conducts more than 7 million tests in 165 countries, said no test batch was cancelled due to technical or infrastructure issues, a notable first in India.

As part of its contingency plan, Vue had asked candidates to keep February 9th free in case their test needed to be re-scheduled. But with a smooth roll-out on each of the ten days of testing, the contingency was not invoked.

Minor disruptions were managed quickly by the NMAT administrators on-site. Amid widespread recent public debate, NMIMS’s maiden move into on-line testing restores students’ and academic confidence in the digital process. By attracting more candidates to sit the exam on-line, coupled with a largely error-free roll-out, NMIMS’s expectations were easily surpassed.

“The NMAT-2010 was a landmark event for NMIMS. Transition of the paper-based NMAT to CBT had its risks. However, we were reassured by Pearson VUE’s depth of planning and contingency framework,” said Prof. Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor, NMIMS.

“NMIMS owes this success to Pearson VUE’s proven global test delivery system, execution excellence and administering the test with a personal touch,” he added. The CBT adopted by NMIMS enabled Pearson VUE to quickly respond to potential technology glitches, which would not have been possible in a paper and pencil single sitting format.

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