February, March and April are peak months for educational
institutions in a country like India. Students, teachers, institutions from
secondary to university level will gear up in preparing for the final
assessments. The litmus test is not only for students but also for teachers and
institutions.
Practical exams:
From junior to senior intermediate and under graduates to
post graduates have to undergo practical exams before they appear for final
exams. Usually these practical exams will be held in mid-February. Whereas,
schools don’t have such kind of exams since practical exams are not required
for elementary level- a written assessment as a
final exam is the mandate, though it has many loopholes.
Pre-finals:
Prior to the final exams the students have to undergo some
mock tests which are named ‘pre-finals’. It is a compulsory exam which is held
in the school campus itself. These exams are about pupils practicing the model
test papers, revising the things learnt and removing the fear of exams.
However, it has some drawbacks as well- many schools finish
their syllabi before the New Year and conduct as many as five to six mock
tests. Pupils get fed up writing the exams continuously for two months and as a
result they develop an apathy towards exams.
Also, students complain that they waste their precious time in appearing
for mock exams which could be utilized in preparation for the finals.
The identification:
Hall-ticket:
A piece of paper with an 8 to 10 digit unique number will be
issued to every student who are going to write the public exams. The exam venue
will be printed on those tickets usually.
Exam center:
Pupils will be waiting for the hall-ticket to check their
exam centers, wishing their exam centers would be near to their locality in
order to minimize travel time.
On the other hand, some students with a disposition towards
cheating will calculate the probability of malpractice in the exam depending
upon the exam centers. It’s a bitter fact that some exam centers are famous for
such malpractices, where the invigilators themselves supply answers to the
students.
Need of the hour is change in exam pattern, and assure 100% transparency in invigilation.
From the EFF team,
we wish good luck to all the students appearing for their Public Exams…!
