essay on exams are neccessary evils.give your views for or against
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Even ten angles cry aloud before the examination. It is only man who repeatedly takes the examination.
This may sound philosophical. But this is a also reality to the day.
Examinations are an age-old practice of evaluating students’ god had tested the devotion of Ibrahim. But the modern system of examination is the gift of the British rule.
From of examination today: prior notice regarding the date and programme of the examination; many students curse it; the examination sets the students’ heart pounding; however, students concentrate on studies with longer hours; date approaches; question-papers distributed by the invigilators; certain number of the questions to be done in allotted hours; answer -books given to examiners; evolution and allotment of marks; result published….
Why examinations are taken: to test a student’s mental ability and knowledge.
Answer:
In the field of Education, we call the “Examinations”, the “Necessary Evil”.
As everyone knows, necessary or unnecessary, an Evil is not something good. It can harm anybody, anytime. However, this Evil is necessary in certain circumstances.
After teaching or learning something, both teachers and pupils want to know and need to know how much the students have achieved from that teaching.
Teachers need to know the effectiveness of their teaching materials and teaching methods. The teacher also needs to know the weaknesses and strengths of his students. Thus having a clear understanding of the needs of the class and the needs of each individual student, the teacher will be in a better position to modify his teaching style and teaching materials and even repeat certain portions of his lessons to get the best results.
From the side of the students, they also need to know which part of the lesson has been understood well, what difficulties they have encountered during the learning process, which portion of the lesson they want to know more, and finally what kind of help they want from their teachers.
For these purposes we use “Tests” or “Examinations” to assess the achievement of students and also to assess the teaching of teachers.
So, let’s ponder a while and think to what extent we can assess the achievements of students and the teaching of teachers.
That is why we call the “Examinations” the “Necessary Evil”.
So we need to find precautions and ways and means to get the results nearest to the actual achievement of a student.