A MODEL OF GROUP DISCUSSION

SUBJECT: EXAMINATIONS-HAS IT KILLED THE EDUCATION.

SRI DIVYA: We thank you for giving a such wonderful and interesting topic, madam. my dear friends, I must confess that I am strongly in favor of examinations , because Examinations help to evaluate an individual academically. It helps the student understand the pressure which he/she will face in their professional lives and the Exams help in facing competition. Exams help the students stay connected to their books .If there are no exams, most of the students don't concern about studies.

SUDHA: Most of the exams pattern is not sufficient to evaluate the real capabilities of the student. Generally, there are some important questions which comes every year. So some students just by hearting the answers for them like robots and getting good score even though they are not aware of the actual concept. There are many exams annually like daily, weekly and monthly tests. So, students barely has any time for extracurricular activities.

SWATHIREKHA: Through Exams students can know the areas which they are weak, so that they concentrate more on those areas. If we qualify a person without exams, it may lead to critical situations like a doctor would kill many of his patients. It helps the student stay connected to his books and keep him on his toes. Exams help the student understand pressure which he/she will face in their professional lives. Exams help in facing competition.

SUNDHARAPANDIYAN: In present generation schools and colleges unnecessarily pressuring everyone including kids to get above 90%. Most of the private colleges are not conducting practicals, they are just focusing on theoretical subjects to make their students toppers so that their college can become famous. By this students are not knowing the applicability of subjects. Because of excess pressure of examinations some students committing suicide.

SRI RAM: If students are only taught, there is no way to judge if they have understood what is being taught. Examination is required for evaluating what is learnt. An examination is an insight into the challenges of the outside world and how people are evaluated at every moment. Students should be ready for the challenges that are going to come by their way as they interact with the outside world. They are also a medium of regular evaluation and they make them mentally prepare for the challenges they face in future.

SRINIVASAN: Some of the persons, who corrects the paper are giving marks based on number of papers without seeing the actual content. This discourages the students who have real worth. Moreover, it should be understood that judging a student mere on marks cannot be justified. Is it right to judge someone on the basis of just an exam. A student who is very good at his education but for some unknown reasons he is failed to clear his exam do you think it is right justice for that guy. As long as the Exams are not very theoretical and are prepared to evaluate a students understanding ability rather than marks, examinations are definitely important.

SURRENDER:  According to my point of view examination has not killed education. Education refers to getting knowledge. There are many students who read only for getting good marks but not for knowledge but when these students read for getting good marks they go through many things which simultaneously increases their knowledge. If regular exams will not be held then many students will take studies as a matter of fun and will not be concerned about it. Without regular examinations they will not be able to judge their performance too.

SUDHAKAR: one     Great   Person said      that
“A Peace 0f Paper Can't Decide My Skill, My Qualification, My Knowledge ". The irony is that even practical exams are conducted in theoretical manner, where we need to mug up the steps at the last moment and vomit the next day, whose vomiting exactly, what he/she took last night is provided with good grades and appreciation. Marks cannot determine one's ability. My opinion is that, the way of teaching must be changed. Someone here said, “Teacher’s are industry failures”.

SUNDHARAPANDIYAN: As my friends suggested that anyone can pass examinations by mugging up, I think this is not the fault of student as getting admission in good colleges require high percentage. But their is one alternative to solve this problem, I think that exam should be set in such a way that it cannot be passed by simply mugging up previous night like aptitude test which cannot be crammed.

SRI DIVYA: In my opinion, I strongly recommend that the system of Continuous And Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) should be implemented as this will definitely puts an effort bringing a student's personality development. By learning the outcome of the method of examination, I remembered a thought - " Common sense is not so common " as it is emphasizing only to mug up the subject , whether understand or not, hardly matters. Over burden of work is in both the systems, but it only depend upon the student how he/she is performing. And from my analyzing, CCE is a better option as it will bring out the confidence and potential of the students with many projects, tools F.A.s and S.A.s. This will make the students to express themselves not only in writing, but verbally also.

SWATHIREKHA: Before that our education system need to change. "practical approach" is the good way to understand &learn anything easily. But most probably our education system is in theoretical way which makes a student lack his interest on studies, to know about the concept &feels an exam as a typical task. But he wants to get a good score so that he starts mugging and write an exam.

SUDHA: As per my opinion examination not totally but partially killed education, education is required for our mind's development which cannot be fulfilled by only mugging up our subjects. Nowadays student are just running behind marks and nobody bothers about learning the basic concept, in this cut throat competition scoring highest marks became more imp than gaining knowledge, examination is necessary for an individual to judge himself or herself but at the same time he or she should know the basic concepts and learn the subject.

SRI RAM: I too agree with you guys, in my point of view examination plays a prominent role to calculate the efficiency of a student.
The benefits/reasons to conduct an exam is.

@How far the student can understand that specific concept.

@Improves his mind power.

@Able to know the ability and efficiency of a student.

But the thing what is the change we need is "the pattern of exam need to be change".

SURRENDER: In my opinion examination is a necessary part of education to separate some good students from average students. It's not fault of examination that students commits a suicide, it's their mental ability to handle stress because it's a part of life. I think it's a fault of teachers as they trained students how to get highest marks in exam not force to get understood the concept.

SUDHAKAR: everyone has a individual talent but they cannot implement it. Some do have talent in other activities. Our education system should help us to blow out of us. Our educational pattern should be changed. Students aren't memorizing machines. They are curious people to quench the thirst of knowledge. We must understand their minds and plan exams in an interesting way by allotting marks for talk about, projects, creative writing, and enacting plays. Exams must not be avoided. But the pattern must be changed.

SUNDHARAPANDIYAN: Ya, I agree with you, the way of examination process is killing the education. To survive in the society we need to improve application oriented knowledge and practical knowledge. To overcome these problems we need to change procedure to give more preference for practical sessions, projects, seminars. By this way we can increase our practical knowledge and real time application development talent. So we need such a new process of examination that can certify the student or learner's knowledge.

SRI DIVYA: yes friends I too accept that anyone can get marks in exams just by mugging without understanding basic concepts of the subject. Education nowadays goes only in exam point of view. Even the lecturers want the students to only study for exam and not to teach why they are learning that subject. If student have knowledge but he didn't get marks in exams, it will goes to suicide. But In my opinion examination is a necessary part of education to separate some good students from average students.

SWATHIREKHA: It's not fault of examination that students commits a suicide, it's their mental ability to handle stress because it's a part of life. I think it's a fault of teachers as they trained students how to get highest marks in exam not force to get understood the concept. It's so sad that a student who known’s traffic rules but don't know how to cross the road. This is because out education system only concentrates on theory parts not on practical. That's why our students do not perform well in companies as compared to others.

SRI RAM: I think knowledge is more important. We get some of knowledge through examination. The examination should have different pattern so that student various way of learning. I think that examination judge our knowledge how much we did, how’s our progress and all that. Because student going to think in all possible way he try to solve. World is practical all exams should be practically taken. Examination is all to judge, to compare, way to progress.

SRINIVASAN: Yes I agree with fact that today's examination system has killed education since our exam pattern is not practical oriented. Many of students just mug the answers of previous exams and score good marks but when it come to implementation they unable to perform. In most of colleges of India students get good marks in practical exams without do actual practical. I know it hard to believe but its fact. So I strongly believe that it’s not exams but the pattern of exams that has killed the education.

SURRENDER: Examinations are not killing the education, but the patterns of some exams are killing it. Questions must in a way to make students think about it in order to write an answer. The weight age of practicals should be more than the theoretical subjects. Exams must include projects, assignments and presentations to judge the actual worth of a student.