Section 60 in The Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Rules, 1975
60. Duties and functions of the Chief Moderator.
(1)The Chief Moderator shall be entirely responsible to co-ordinate and monitor the assessment work of his/her unit according to the norms specified by the Board.(2)He/She shall attend the Board's office on such day and such time, as may be fixed by the Secretary, which is not prior to the examination in the subject alongwith other Chief Moderators,-(a)to open the seal of the envelope of the model answers and marking scheme for assessment purpose;(b)for scrutiny of question paper, answer key and marking scheme in the subject;(c)to identify the printing mistakes, if any, detected in the question paper, propose compensation of marks, if required; and(d)to finalise the pattern of assessment in the subject.(3)He/She shall take charge of bundles of answer books for assessment and return back at the end of the day after completion of assessment to the camp officer.(4)He/She shall distribute the answer books to the Moderators and shall collect them back at the end of the day under acknowledgement.(5)He/She shall exercise vigilance during assessment/moderation work. He/She shall cause to maintain the consistency in the speed of assessment/moderation work.(6)He/she shall ensure that the variation between the total scores assigned by the Examiner and by the Moderator/Chief Moderator after moderation does not exceed 5 marks.(7)He/She shall moderate the answer books as per specified norms.(8)He/She shall discuss with the members of the unit, the model answers, and the marking scheme supplied by the Board so as to bring uniformity in the assessment.(9)In the event of any variations of more than 5 marks in the scores given by the Examiner and the moderator, the chief moderator shall re-moderate such cases and decide. However the chief moderator shall bring such cases to the notice of the Secretary for approval.(10)If, as a result of moderation, an entry of marks assigned need to be revised, the original entry on the answer book/mark-list shall not be erased or obliterated but shall be cancelled by drawing a line on it with black ink, so that original entry can be deciphered easily. Such entry shall be initialled invariably.(11)He/She shall collect the mark-list from the Moderators, check the entries vis-a-vis answer books in presence of the Moderator by asking him/her to read the same against every seat/code number and submit them to the Camp Officer duly signed under acknowledgement. He/She shall seal the mark-lists in the presence of the Camp Officer with proper labelling.(12)He/She shall exercise strict vigilance to check that no answer book or copy of the mark-list is taken away outside the assessment hall by any of the members of his/her unit or any other person.(13)The Chief Moderator shall complete the moderation work within a day after the completion of the moderation work.(14)He/She shall prepare and submit all the reports and such other data as may be directed by the Secretary through the camp officer at the end of assessment programme.
