vustudents
04-16-2011, 05:43 PM
The human need to judge the knowledge and learning of many persons
At the same time and grade them accordingly gave birth to the system of
Examinations. They became all the more necessary with the progress in
Education and the advancement in culture and technology perhaps they
Are the only means to judge the knowledge and learning of many persons
Simultaneously. As regards the students, the examinations make them work
Hard. They have to go through all the courses of studies as they do not know
Which questions are be set in the examination. Thus, examinations. Promote
Healthy competition among the students. Examinations prove helpful in
Selecting competent persons for important posts, the right man for the right
Job. The selection in fair and impartial as the examiner marks each paper
According to its worth. Without any prejudice. If there were no examinations,
Fair selection would have been almost impossible. But examinations are not
Without defeats. They make the students resort to cramming. They learn
By rote as many questions as they can and depend upon them for their
Success it is so because thorough. Understanding of anything requires
Deep thinking and very few people are inclined to that. They accept
Ready-made ideas, and prefer cramming to using their brains. In an
Examination, much depends on luck. The question paper may contain
The same questions which an examinee has memorized or it may have
None of such questions. Thus the success or failure of the persons may
Not be the true measure of his knowledge.
At the same time and grade them accordingly gave birth to the system of
Examinations. They became all the more necessary with the progress in
Education and the advancement in culture and technology perhaps they
Are the only means to judge the knowledge and learning of many persons
Simultaneously. As regards the students, the examinations make them work
Hard. They have to go through all the courses of studies as they do not know
Which questions are be set in the examination. Thus, examinations. Promote
Healthy competition among the students. Examinations prove helpful in
Selecting competent persons for important posts, the right man for the right
Job. The selection in fair and impartial as the examiner marks each paper
According to its worth. Without any prejudice. If there were no examinations,
Fair selection would have been almost impossible. But examinations are not
Without defeats. They make the students resort to cramming. They learn
By rote as many questions as they can and depend upon them for their
Success it is so because thorough. Understanding of anything requires
Deep thinking and very few people are inclined to that. They accept
Ready-made ideas, and prefer cramming to using their brains. In an
Examination, much depends on luck. The question paper may contain
The same questions which an examinee has memorized or it may have
None of such questions. Thus the success or failure of the persons may
Not be the true measure of his knowledge.