Management of Practical Problems Related to the Term-End Examinations (An Educative, Analytical and Ethical Approach for Understanding)

Abstract

Examinations are the compulsory Tests to be conducted by every educational institution when the required number of working days and teaching-learning days are completed to determine the standard of the students. As per the Choice Based Credit System, there will be two examinations namely Internal Examinations and External Examinations.  As far as the Internal Examinations, the concerned subject faculty has to seriously and sincerely conduct two to three tests, seminars and assignments based on which the internal marks will be calculated and will be sent to the university through the college.  But only in the semester term end external examinations the problem arises. There are excellent dedicated teachers with the quality cooperation and coordination in every institution but the number is very less. In spite of the rules that examination duty is compulsory, the few staffs find ways and means to escape from the duties which becomes problems to the Head of the Institutions (HOI) in addition to the other problems like Delay in getting the question papers, hall tickets, answer books, advance amount; lack of communication, coordination, cooperation, proper code verifications; absence of strong room, uniform policy for placing duty for invigilation, observers, chief superintendent, etc.,  from the day the duty chart prepared to till he settles accounts with parties concerned. By taking this issue as a key point, the real and actual problems are elicited and  presented with suitable measures to solve these issues permanently.  It is up to the readers to accept or reject.