Examination System
India’s examination system is faulty, say experts
Tue Apr 21 2009 04:49:49 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) by IANS ( 2 comments )
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Calling the Indian examination system faulty, education experts at a seminar Tuesday said the system of examination here fails to create questioning minds.
Amit Kapoor, chairman of the Institute of Competitiveness who was one of the panellists, said that students in schools and colleges here choose to study at the end of the year with just examinations in mind - thus losing the whole purpose of learning.
“Thus the fundamental flaw in the examination system in India is that it creates students with mugging minds instead of questioning minds. The semester system, therefore, is a better option because it’s more regular assessment of what a student has learnt through the year,” he said.
Most students, he added, limit their potential by studying only with the aim of securing a job. Educational institutes should instil a sense of confidence in students to study a subject of their choice and create a niche for themselves in a new field.
“Educational institutes make job-seekers, and not job creators. They should create entrepreneurs,” Kapoor said.
Going a step ahead, Rajeev Katyal, director of education at Microsoft, said the most ideal way of linking education to employability is by encouraging vocational training.
“Vocational training is significant because it leads to more employability. Currently only seven percent Indians are getting vocational education,” Katyal said.
Kelly Raj, counsellor, department of education, employment and workplace relations, Australia, added: “Vocational education is the perfect link between education and employability”.
WHAT KIND of appraisal is needed for students during the course of examinations? If we look at the syllabus in our schools and colleges, as far as maths and science subjects are concerned, they are useful for the students, because its effectiveness is apparent
Tue Apr 21 2009 04:49:49 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) by IANS ( 2 comments )
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Calling the Indian examination system faulty, education experts at a seminar Tuesday said the system of examination here fails to create questioning minds.
Amit Kapoor, chairman of the Institute of Competitiveness who was one of the panellists, said that students in schools and colleges here choose to study at the end of the year with just examinations in mind - thus losing the whole purpose of learning.
“Thus the fundamental flaw in the examination system in India is that it creates students with mugging minds instead of questioning minds. The semester system, therefore, is a better option because it’s more regular assessment of what a student has learnt through the year,” he said.
Most students, he added, limit their potential by studying only with the aim of securing a job. Educational institutes should instil a sense of confidence in students to study a subject of their choice and create a niche for themselves in a new field.
“Educational institutes make job-seekers, and not job creators. They should create entrepreneurs,” Kapoor said.
Going a step ahead, Rajeev Katyal, director of education at Microsoft, said the most ideal way of linking education to employability is by encouraging vocational training.
“Vocational training is significant because it leads to more employability. Currently only seven percent Indians are getting vocational education,” Katyal said.
Kelly Raj, counsellor, department of education, employment and workplace relations, Australia, added: “Vocational education is the perfect link between education and employability”.
WHAT KIND of appraisal is needed for students during the course of examinations? If we look at the syllabus in our schools and colleges, as far as maths and science subjects are concerned, they are useful for the students, because its effectiveness is apparent