Students in the streets
Monday, June 8, 2009
Daily Times, Pakistan
Monday, June 08, 2009
COMMENT: Syed Mansoor Hussain
Such subjectivity is always going to be there as long as the present system of examination continues. Things will change only if computerised multiple choice questions are substituted for the present essay and oral exams that are person-dependent
But then while driving to work one day this week, I ran into medical students, numbering perhaps in the hundreds, marching through the King Edward Medical University campus and eventually onto the streets of Lahore in the scorching June sun. And my heart went out to them.
I was not quite sure what their demands were, but I found out from my co-workers and from press reports. The primary concern of these students was the unfairness of the examination system where some students failed their exams by just one mark and as a consequence were thrown out of KE and lost any chance of becoming doctors. The immediate problem must be addressed, but a long-term solution is also needed.
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Monday, June 08, 2009
COMMENT: Syed Mansoor Hussain
Such subjectivity is always going to be there as long as the present system of examination continues. Things will change only if computerised multiple choice questions are substituted for the present essay and oral exams that are person-dependent
But then while driving to work one day this week, I ran into medical students, numbering perhaps in the hundreds, marching through the King Edward Medical University campus and eventually onto the streets of Lahore in the scorching June sun. And my heart went out to them.
I was not quite sure what their demands were, but I found out from my co-workers and from press reports. The primary concern of these students was the unfairness of the examination system where some students failed their exams by just one mark and as a consequence were thrown out of KE and lost any chance of becoming doctors. The immediate problem must be addressed, but a long-term solution is also needed.
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Labels: Education System, Examination System, Nepotism
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