Friday 13 April 2012

EXAMINATIONS: A NECESSARY EVIL..

     Most students dread the world ' examination'. But this is something they have to face right from primary school to higher centers of learning. They would probaly have a great sigh of relief if the world was altogether deleted from the dictionary. The reasons are not far to seek.
     The whole career of a student depends on what he is able to write during the short duration of an examination. If he suddenly takes ill or he is unlucky enough to get a tough question paper, he fails, his future is ruined. Examiners have no knowledge of his all- round performance during the academic year. They go just by what is written in the answer paper. Again, assessment varies from examiner to examiner. It does not, in any way, reflect the real merit of the students. Examinations kill student's genuine interest in study and give importance only to cramming. Examinations have become mere games of chance and guessing.
     All this is admitted by everyone. Yet no other method of testing students on a mass scale has as yet been devised. So, examinations have become a necessary evil. But, if there were no examinations, it is likely that the majority of students would not bother to study al all. We would never be able to separate the brilliant students from the average ones. Then whom would we select for higher professional training?

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