Panaji: Aiming to become eco-friendly and set an example for its students, Dr K B Hedgewar higher secondary school, Cujira, has adopted a digital platform to conduct its exams in a fully paperless format for 347 of its Class XI and XII students. The exam began on July 21 and will continue till July 26, the school said.The students appeared for the exam in two batches. They will write the exams without using a single sheet of paper, said higher secondary school principal Deepak Amonkar. He said the school has collaborated with LittleMore Innovation Labs and used the LMExams platform.“This initiative is a confluence of educational reform and environmental responsibility. It reflects our commitment to leading the nation in adopting scalable innovations that benefit both our students and our planet,” said school manager Subhash Desai. The school stated that this pilot project alone will save 30,000 sheets of paper, equivalent to conserving 3–4 fully grown trees.“If scaled across Goa, over five million sheets could be saved annually — making the state’s education system greener, lighter, and globally responsible,” said Dr K B Hedgewar high school principal Vilas Satarkar. He said the digital platform used was tamper-proof, offered encrypted digital question delivery, allowed handwritten digital answers, provided full offline exam mode with audit trails, and enabled online evaluation with assistive marking tools.“It is not a tablet. It is not a laptop. It is an exam-only device designed for secure, scalable assessments,” said Amonkar. “This is more than an exam — it’s a step towards rethinking how we assess, how we conserve, and how we prepare students for a changing world. The collective vision of the leadership at Dr K B Hedgewar school made this first-of-its-kind paperless exam pilot a reality, setting a benchmark for schools across India,” said Govind Parvatkar, chairman, Goa Education Development Corporation.He stated that the model is in sync with the National Education Policy’s future-forward vision. The school said LMExams offers the service without compromising on exam integrity or incurring heavy infrastructure costs and can securely conduct high-stakes exams without paper or internet.
