Templates
Reusable exam blueprints — JEE Main/Advanced, NEET, CBSE Term, ICSE, Quick/Weekly Test, Practice or Custom — that pre-set the section structure, marks scheme and layout for a new paper.
What this screen shows
The Templates tab holds reusable exam blueprints — the section structure, marks scheme and print layout, without the specific questions. Edukali ships a set of system patterns for common exams, and you can save your own custom ones. Starting a new paper from a template skips rebuilding the same exam shape every term and standardises the format across a department.
Built-in pattern tiles
Edukali ships ready-made Official templates for the common exams, and every template is tagged with one of these pattern types — shown by the card’s icon and colour. You also choose a pattern type when composing your own template.
- The JEE Main pattern — Physics / Chemistry / Maths sections with MCQ + numerical structure.
- JEE Advanced
- The JEE Advanced pattern — multi-correct, paragraph and match-the-column style sections.
- The NEET pattern — Physics / Chemistry / Biology with the standard +4/−1 MCQ scheme.
- A CBSE term-exam blueprint with the usual section A–E marks distribution.
- An ICSE blueprint with compulsory + choice sections.
- A short, single-section quick assessment.
- A recurring weekly-test shape for routine classroom checks.
- A practice-paper layout for revision sets.
- Start from a blank blueprint and define your own sections and marks.
Filter & per-template actions
- New template
Opens the compose modal to build a blueprint from scratch — name, board/exam, class, a pattern type, duration and marking, exam rules (shuffle questions/options, calculator, navigation, show results / correct answers / solutions) and a section builder where each section sets its question type, count and marks per question.
- All templates / Official / Yours
- Filter the list to All templates, the Official patterns Edukali ships, or Yours — your own saved blueprints.
Opens the compose modal to adjust a template’s sections, marks scheme, exam rules or layout. On an Official template the button instead reads Edit as copy and opens an editable duplicate (unless you are a super admin).
- Clone a template — the easiest way to derive a new blueprint from an Official pattern.
- Remove one of your templates. Official templates cannot be deleted — the button shows a notice if you try.
Common tasks
- Browse the Official templates Edukali ships, or filter to Yours for blueprints you have saved.
Click New template to compose your own — set a pattern type, duration, marking and exam rules, then add sections (question type, count, marks per question).
- Use the All templates / Official / Yours filter to find a blueprint, then Edit (or Edit as copy), Duplicate or Delete it.
- Apply a template to a new paper, online exam or OMR sheet when you create it.
Gotchas
Official templates are read-only — use Edit as copy or Duplicate to derive your own editable version. Edit and Delete apply only to Yours (your own templates); super admins can edit Official templates directly.