07-17-2012, 12:28 AM
[quote name='Capt Manoj Singh' date='16 July 2012 - 01:47 AM' timestamp='1342382974' post='115203']
I would like to congratulate students and Teachers of the high performing schools, however, have my own observation as well. The merit list percentage has been steadily going up each year so much so that a student with a percentage of 93% sometimes is left struggling for place in top colleges. What does one make out of it? Have our examination systems gone too soft or there is indeed an over supply of meritorious students for whom the present examination is not difficult enough? Each one to his own opinion but I stand by the argument that exams should be more challenging for even the meritorious of the students. So many students obtaining scores above distinction seems to indicate that exam papers are not challenging enough.
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The exam scoring has gotten much easier
The reason is that 70% , 30 years ago is 95% today
So basically the exam system cant distinguish between a 70th percentile and a 95th percentile
This makes it easier for quota candidates to get in without too much questions asked
I would like to congratulate students and Teachers of the high performing schools, however, have my own observation as well. The merit list percentage has been steadily going up each year so much so that a student with a percentage of 93% sometimes is left struggling for place in top colleges. What does one make out of it? Have our examination systems gone too soft or there is indeed an over supply of meritorious students for whom the present examination is not difficult enough? Each one to his own opinion but I stand by the argument that exams should be more challenging for even the meritorious of the students. So many students obtaining scores above distinction seems to indicate that exam papers are not challenging enough.
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The exam scoring has gotten much easier
The reason is that 70% , 30 years ago is 95% today
So basically the exam system cant distinguish between a 70th percentile and a 95th percentile
This makes it easier for quota candidates to get in without too much questions asked