It is the question of discussion in recent times in India. Education experts are in discussion on this issue with learned men from various walks of life. There are already various methods of evaluation under consideration with a view to introducing an effective evaluation system to judge the students’ qualities on maximum parameters.
However, hardly any method seems exhaustive to judge a student’s qualities entirely. Hence, evaluation system should be designed in order to broaden the options and make it suitable to the curriculum, the type of students, teaching and learning strategies. Our education systems are dependent solely on formal examinations to finally assess the students. However, as the new courses of study and new curriculums per year owing to globalisation have emerged, the formal examination seems just one mode of evaluation but is not at all suitable enough to evaluate multiple skills of the students except their mere performance on one single day.
However, the arrangement of regular evaluation can be more effective since it decreases the stress on students and makes the students more attentive in the class throughout the course. It maximises the research inclination of the students. Many non-conventional techniques and skills like project reports, case studies, presentations, etc. help to judge diverse skills of the students: analytical skills, communication skills, ability to work in a group, time management skills, and many more which cannot be evaluated in a formal traditional examination system.
Many educational institutes are now adopting a stressful blend of the two systems because of these advantages of the regular evaluation over the formal examination. For instance, management institutions like MBA colleges have introduced an evaluation system with equal weightage to multiple factors such as presentations, case studies, projects, group presentations, course work, etc. are popular for effective assessment system.
Various skills of the students: expression, presence of mind, confidence, spontaneity etc. are assessed by online quiz and role plays which are getting popularity today.
Hence, a good assessment system is the one which has the highest level of credibility and reliance and sufficient chance for giving feedback to the students for their improvement.