Engg students may soon take open-book exams
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: 30.04.2018
An All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-instituted committee on examination reforms has recommended “open-book examination” for engineering programmes. The report is being examined by the AICTE and the HRD ministry. If accepted, open-book exams will allow students to take notes, text book and resource material inside an exam hall.
The panel said the openbook system was being proposed as the traditional pattern of examination often led to rote learning. The panel was set up in January and it submitted its report to the AICTE recently. These reforms are part of the systemic changes the apex regulator of technical education is undertaking, including curriculum changes it had undertook recently.
According to the report, while examinations/student assessments play a critical role in deciding the quality of education, the academic quality of examinations and question papers in Indian engineering education system had been a matter of concern for a long time.
Among the changes suggested by the committee include introduction of educational experiences to teach and assess professional outcomes including openended experiments in laboratories and project-based learning modules and internship experiences, among others. The AICTE has already initiated mandatory internships for all technical courses from this academic session.
The committee was of the view that open-book system was especially useful in testing skills in application, analysis and evaluation.
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: 30.04.2018
An All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-instituted committee on examination reforms has recommended “open-book examination” for engineering programmes. The report is being examined by the AICTE and the HRD ministry. If accepted, open-book exams will allow students to take notes, text book and resource material inside an exam hall.
The panel said the openbook system was being proposed as the traditional pattern of examination often led to rote learning. The panel was set up in January and it submitted its report to the AICTE recently. These reforms are part of the systemic changes the apex regulator of technical education is undertaking, including curriculum changes it had undertook recently.
According to the report, while examinations/student assessments play a critical role in deciding the quality of education, the academic quality of examinations and question papers in Indian engineering education system had been a matter of concern for a long time.
Among the changes suggested by the committee include introduction of educational experiences to teach and assess professional outcomes including openended experiments in laboratories and project-based learning modules and internship experiences, among others. The AICTE has already initiated mandatory internships for all technical courses from this academic session.
The committee was of the view that open-book system was especially useful in testing skills in application, analysis and evaluation.
For the full report, log on to www.timesofindia.com
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