The Times of India:Thursday, January 19, 2012.
LUCKNOW: In a general body meeting organised on Wednesday, Lucknow University Teachers' Association (LUTA) strongly condemned the university's proposal to introduce OMR system of examinations for first and second year undergraduate students and first year post-graduate students.
Criticising the act, LUTA president, Anil Shukla said, "The Right to Information ( RTI) has forced university officials to find an alternative way to conduct examinations. Instead, university should have learnt from the mistakes and should have come up with a transparent and accurate evaluation process. Changing examination process will not sort out the problem."
Teachers pointed out that the OMR pattern will sweep out the descriptive examination pattern. "Objective type examination will help in collapsing the higher education in the state. A large number of university students appear for civil service examinations which is descriptive. If university brings the objective type pattern, clearing out those examinations will be next to possible," he said.
Pointing out the biggest demerit of the objective type examination paper, educationist Prof Mohd Muzammil said, "Testing of language and the power to argue in the students will die once they are given objective type question paper to solve." He added that the objective type paper pattern will be a challenge for the teachers more than the students. "The teachers will now take three hours making the paper and students will finish it in five minutes," said Muzammil.
Teachers pointed out that the OMR pattern will sweep out the descriptive examination pattern.
Criticising the act, LUTA president, Anil Shukla said, "The Right to Information ( RTI) has forced university officials to find an alternative way to conduct examinations. Instead, university should have learnt from the mistakes and should have come up with a transparent and accurate evaluation process. Changing examination process will not sort out the problem."
Teachers pointed out that the OMR pattern will sweep out the descriptive examination pattern. "Objective type examination will help in collapsing the higher education in the state. A large number of university students appear for civil service examinations which is descriptive. If university brings the objective type pattern, clearing out those examinations will be next to possible," he said.
Pointing out the biggest demerit of the objective type examination paper, educationist Prof Mohd Muzammil said, "Testing of language and the power to argue in the students will die once they are given objective type question paper to solve." He added that the objective type paper pattern will be a challenge for the teachers more than the students. "The teachers will now take three hours making the paper and students will finish it in five minutes," said Muzammil.
Teachers pointed out that the OMR pattern will sweep out the descriptive examination pattern.
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