Entry test: NUST shifts to automated testing

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has commissioned a new computer-based entry test for fall 2012 admissions, the first of its kind in the country. A press release issued on Friday said that a cloud computing system has been installed at the H-12 campus which can accommodate over 1,000 candidates at a time. The software automatically generates a question paper from a question bank just before the exam commences and compiles result instantaneously without any human intervention.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st, 2012.