32. Vibha has to participate in a debate supporting the motion that regular examinations are necessary for
development of student's career. She has made the following notes. Using this notes together with your own
ideasright the speech of Vibha.
Notes
Regular Examination
Advantages - positive aspect-test of efficiency competition
Irregular Examination
Not a real test of comprehension or achievement
the Examinations
Promotes ideainess - carelessness-stadents tose interesse
Conclusion
Objective and periodic testing the real assessment of personality
Answers
Answer:
Respected Chairperson, teachers and dear friends!
Examinations are the tools in the hands of the teacher to assess the performance of the students. Tests provide information regarding the student’s grasp of the subject as well as achievement. Like any other object, examination too, has two sides—the brighter side and the darker side. Let us concentrate on the positive aspects or the advantages of examinations.
Examinations are essential at school and college level as they help to test the efficiency of the students. The promotion of the students to the next class depends on their qualifying the lower class. Thus the examinations provide the students a stimulus to work regularly and punctually. The annual examination is usually held at the end of the academic year, i.e., in March or April. The students know that they must cover their syllabus within the prescribed time-frame.
Examinations provide a visible proof of the students grasp of knowledge and reproduction. Examinations inspire the sense of competition and increase the efficiency of the students. Regular examinations inculcate good values among students. They learn to become regular, systematic, methodical and punctual in their studies.
Random or irregular testing is self-defeating because it tests the ignorance of the students rather than their knowledge. The students are caught unawares. Thus irregular tests should be discarded as a wastage of time and energy. They serve neither as a test of comprehension nor as test of achievement.
These days it has become fashionable to talk about doing away with examinations altogether. If there were no examinations, the students would lose interest in studies and become non-serious. This “holiday from examinations” will promote idleness, carelessness and irresponsibly.
Hence, to conclude, we must agree that objective periodic and regular testing is helpful to the student’s as it ensures the real assessment of his worth and personality.
Thank you
For the Motion
Honorable jury members, teachers and my dear friends. A very good morning to all of you. Today, I am here to present my views in favour of the motion ‘regular examinations are necessary for development of student's career’.
Examination is a way of assessment that is done by the teachers, and this gives the teacher a brief idea of overall knowledge of a student around a particular subject. Examinations are of a great essence for the school and college students as they test students ability to understand and remember the key concepts of a subject. They act as medium of generating competition amongst peers proving who has a better catch over a subject.
When regular examinations are conducted, it generates a sense of punctuality in students. It encourages the students to study regularly and keep revising their concepts. Also, annual examination serves as a combined test of understanding as well as power to retain concepts in the mind for a long period.
However, irregular tests or examinations are of no use. They not only prevents students from making a fixed goal, but also the irregular gaps between examinations make the students lethargic in that period. Thus, such irregularities proves to be unbeneficial in examinations.
However, regular examinations proves to be beneficial and of paramount importance. It reduces lethargy and creates an atmosphere of learning. It promotes being energetic and responsive while discourages being inactive. Hence, regular examinations help in having a clear aim in the mind of students and thus regular examinations are necessary for development of student's career.
Thank you for lending me your ear!