A senior official from the Higher Education Department told DT Next that the recruitment process was being computerised to ensure transparency and accountability. The board has already moved to computer-based mode instead of optical mark recognition (OMR) technology, he said, noting that soft copies of answer sheets would be mailed to candidates to make the process transparent.

“We have successfully conducted computer-based exams to recruit assistant professors for polytechnic colleges. The results were also published online,” he said. The department has sought assistance from Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency to provide integrating technology, the official said.

In future, the entire recruitment processes, including issuing recruitment notifications, online registration of applications, locating exam centres, issuing hall tickets, conducting examinations and publishing results would be computerised, he said.

“Once the results are published, all essential details about the recruitment process will be uploaded on the TRB portal for further transparency. The information was uploaded in the website could be accessed by all the candidates,” the official said.