A SMART EXAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR FAIR SEATING, LIVE INVIGILATION, AND STUDENT SEAT DISCOVERY
Handling a physical examination is not only an academic responsibility but also an operational challenge. In many colleges, seating plans are still prepared manually, attendance is recorded on paper, and malpractice reports are documented only after the examination concludes. These practices are familiar, yet they are slow, error-prone, and difficult to audit. This paper presents an Exam Management System (EMS) developed to make examination administration more structured, reliable, and transparent. The project uses a Flutter frontend for the user interface and a Node.js, Express, and MongoDB backend for data processing and storage. The application supports three user roles: administrator, teacher, and student.
Administrators manage classrooms, upload institutional data, assign teachers, generate seating plans, and export reports. Teachers monitor their halls, mark attendance, report incidents, and relocate students when required. Students log in to check their allotted classroom and seat
S, S. S., Vaishnaw, P. & Pandey, S. (2026). A Smart Exam Management System for Fair Seating, Live Invigilation, and Student Seat Discovery. International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, 02(04). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i4.232
S, Sarang, et al.. "A Smart Exam Management System for Fair Seating, Live Invigilation, and Student Seat Discovery." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, vol. 02, no. 04, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i4.232.
S, Sarang,Prakash Vaishnaw, and Sundaram Pandey. "A Smart Exam Management System for Fair Seating, Live Invigilation, and Student Seat Discovery." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology 02, no. 04 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i4.232.
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