EXAMINATION REFORM
 

Place of Examinations

15.1. Examinations, especially public examinations, should be made more objective and reliable. Evaluation should enable the teacher to see the effectiveness of his instruction and enable the pupils to judge the results of their learning efforts. It should thus act as an instrument of improving both the teaching and learning processes including the content of courses and methods of teaching.

15.2. The mode of evaluation should discourage memorization and should be comprehensive enough to cover the total learning experience in the curricular and co-curricular programmes.

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Public Examinations

15.3. Generally, there should be no more than three public examinations during the entire course of education till the end of undergraduate stage. These may be at the end of elementary, secondary and the under-graduate stages.

Internal Evaluation

15.4. All other examinations should be internal. Besides; the annual examinations there must be regular periodical tests to evaluate the progress of students. A -regular system of sessional evaluation should be followed so as to identify the pupils; lagging behind and needing special attention.

Credit System

15.5. We must gradually provide for the credit system which

facilitates multi-point entry and promotes an open learning, system.