Most
students dread the word ‘examination’. But this is something they have to face
right from primary school to higher centres of learning. They would probably
heave a great sigh of relief in the word was altogether deleted from the
dictionary! The reasons are not to seek.
When
it comes to public examinations or other important examinations, 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 is unlucky enough to
get tough question paper, he fails and 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 students’ genuine interest in study and give importance only
to cramming. Sometimes they are mere games of chance and guessing.
All
this is admitted by everyone. Yet no other of testing students on a mass scale
has as yet been devised . So, examinations have becomes a necessary evil! If
there were no examinations, it is likely that the majority of students would
not bother to study at all. We would never be able to separate the brilliant
students from the average ones. Then whom would we select for higher
professional training?
