Examinations - has it killed education

Hello everyone. I am new to this blog and I must confess before I begin that I have not read more than a few entries.

I am looking for someone who can tell me if somebody has done any formal research on this very important topic. I have spent some time on this subject and I would like to publish something useful for the teachers and the policymakers.

Are exam scores a reliable, reproducible and realistic estimate of a students' educational achievements? How much does it predict future performance? Or promise for future contributions?

This is the most important issue that needs to be fixed. How do we make exams reflect the academic merit of the candidate?

The next question is how we can optimise the time, effort, manpower and cost without compromising the VALUE of the examination.

One thing I have found is that there is an inverse correlation between the complexity of the examination infrastructure and the reputation of the universities in India. The bulky infrastructure is directly the result of a brutally centralised system.

For instance, if there is a very prominent "controller of examinations/evaluation" in the University set up, chances are that the university is not rated high inernationally. Compare IITs with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. JNTU has a directorate with Evaluation placed on top of the hierarchy. IITs will not do that.

Good evening to everyone, examination is the important part to check that whether the student is learning something new or not we can't say that examination killed the education rather than this we can say that examination pattern is not that much good that it should be. Yes I am agree that we can't judge anyone in 3 hrs but we can understand the knowledge level of the person, so examination is important but yes examination method can be change.

We can make it more practical rather than theroretical.

The examinations killed the education in my point view, Indian education is very different other countries in our psychology in Indian parents psychology only for marks but not gaining knowledge in other countries parents thinking only gaining knowledge level so I think losing the knowledge. More prefer for theoritical so in my opinion more preferred for practical gaining more knowledge. In this system theoretical gain more marks but no knowledge preferred more concentration on practical in school college and any place. 80percent students are stress and motivated our parents. In my opinion, the decision takes ourselves. And which type education suitable take decision.

I don't think so examination has killed education just because exams are for testing our memorizing capacity that what we have till studied in our school. According to me, people give more priority to marks than the knowledge that is not good just because how 3 hours paper will not decide our career. There must be a solution of this reason that marks are not a priority. Education is something gives us knowledge about the various thing it's about the development of our brain. Actually, exams are not the reason for this solution must be a change in our thinking just because our teachers ' parents ' friend, relatives everyone ask good marks good job.

So we should change our thinking.

Yes, examination is really killing students life. If you consider a Btech as a eg. One semester normally runs max to max for 4months, in this period we should give a number of the internal exams, no of practical exams, final exams and the holidays included it. Now, tell me after giving all these exams whether we have seen the change in ourselves as an engineer? No, we have just increased our memorizing capacity. Don't forget that Education is Knowledge which makes every student to be well disciplined in his/her life. So my final advice is to stop the examination and stop the student's limitations because there are a lot of things present outside, other than examination which we have to look upon.

Education is necessary only to communicate with others and how to behave in the society. Conducting exams is good but in what way not theoretically only one-word substitution like competitive exams. So many students are answering the questions even they are not trying to understanding the questions. There are so many people who become a great person in the society without education like Sachin Albert Einstein etc. So there are so many things you to survive in this world not only education.

I Am very interest to talk about this topic. Examination means to test the ability of a person how he understood the concept and how used in real life but we are wasting time by just put it in exams. What is meant by engineering?they are creators of the world they have to spend there time most at New Creations. But in present situation engineering in India means only permitted to classrooms and mug up the answers and present it in the exam. In this case what we learn new things.

Did marks give the experience to work In the company no our talent and passion? Giving exams and getting marks is only for the identity of the person is educated just. In my point of view, education means how to apply the concept in real society what we have learned from lower education to higher education that automatically give good opportunities for our life. Today lacks of students completed there engineering but no one suited for the Jobs because of lack of what I discussed above. So our youth have the ability to change our education system for the sake of upcoming generations.

Examinations - has it killed education! definitely and only that student can understand that who have the pressure of getting a high percentage. If I said in a straight way nowadays education system examination gives an only percentage, not knowledge.

Nowadays parents don't give the priority to children's interests. Everyone send their children schools and collegs to become an engineer or a doctor but parents do not understand what the children Want. In India Education system is not good even though parents forced children only in education there are many other things rather than education like cricketer badminton designer animation so parents must be enquire children's interest and encourage them in that field then only he can success in his life.

In my point of view, education means it is applicable to learning the concepts in a practical manner not to write in papers. I give an example if you want to make a rocket we must have awareness about the ingredients and its working properties then only you can be able to make a rocket but the thing is happening in India learn and write in exams that exams do not shine your mind to create new innovations. So please stop this exam-centric method and give the ability to the students through creative and innovative manner. The advantages of practical learning is the concept is fixed in your mind and the disadvantages of theory learning and put it in exams is the lines of the answers are stored in your mind like 2 tuple Xerox copy. So I request the government to change our education system and rebuilt it well and destroy private schools and colleges as for as possible they don't run education they business with education by torturing the student to get more marks it didn't benefit to a student it only benefits to management to get more admissions for next year. I have a dream to see our country with pure education. -Jaihind.