Vyapam goes digital

MUMBAI, INDIA: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)-led Madhya Pradesh government, which has faced flak over the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (Vyapam) scam, has decided to take the entire process digital.

The MP government has released a mobile app, the first step towards digitizing the working of the Professional Examination Board.

"The entire functioning of Vyapam will be made transparent and digital. The app has been developed under the Digital India program," announced Umashankar Gupta, State Technical and Higher Education Minister.

Application forms, aspirants' details, dates of various exams, question-answer banks, will be made available on the app, which will also allow students to download admit cards, he said.

He added that the admission test of PAHUT (Pre-Ayurvedic, Homoeopathy and Unani Test) will be held using this technique on August 30, 2015.