Friday, 26 October 2018

Encourage open book exams: Expert

Encourage open book exams: Expert 

TNN | Oct 25, 2018, 12.06 PM IST

HYDERABAD: Stressing on the need to bring in examination reforms to improve the overall quality of technical education, AICTE chairman Anil D Sahasrabudhe on Wednesday said open book examinations should be encouraged and students should be asked to solve problems instead of writing exams. 
Speaking at the Bridge 18 conference organized by ICT Academy in the city, he said that the Bloom’s Taxonomy model should be followed to test a student instead of theoretical exams that just measure memory power. 
“Our current examination system only measures students’ memory skills. They might get good marks in a theory exam but they don’t know how to implement what they learn. To discourage students from rote learning, new reforms should be introduced and, open book exams should be encouraged. Let them refer to any book, the main criteria should be that a student should be able to solve a problem,” said Sahasrabudhe.


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