NEW DELHI: Delhi Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister, claimed on Thursday that the education system has crumbled under the weight of exams and that it needs to be revived through creative evaluation methods. The entire educational system, according to him, will continue to be a "slave" to the three-hour annual examination system until the current examination system is modified.
Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia, who was present at the 13th "Educarnival" education conference held by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi, stated that the existing test and assessment systems need to be changed as soon as possible.
"The struggle to pass the exam will continue to be the learning process. The three-hour annual exam will continue to rule the whole educational system unless the current examination system is modified. Although we have made progress, we are still unable to abandon mechanical assessment methods "explained he.
The current examination system, according to Mr. Sisodia, is intended to pass or fail students based on grades rather than evaluate their learning levels, strengths, and weaknesses. He remarked, "The education system has crumbled under the weight of exams and we need to revitalise it through creative assessment procedures," speaking to school administrators and teachers from throughout the nation. Exams worry the students, parents, and everyone involved in the educational system in this country. We have established a new state board, the Delhi Board of School Education, to alter Delhi's examination and assessment procedures (DBSE). Additionally, we have begun implementing several novel enhancements to the system.
According to him, even the report cards issued by DBSE have distinctive elements, and instead of assigning a student a pass or fail grade, DBSE provides subject-specific qualitative comments.