Is it not lowering the quality of education? What has been the purpose of exam invigilation over the years before the COVID-19 pandemic? Will their degrees be authentic? Will they not be half-baked? Is it not an online copy-paste game? What do you think?
Samuel Mwendwa Dear Samuel, you have raised a very valid question. Its validity has increased due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Online exams seem to be the only solution to the world right now. The problem is not with online exams. The problem lies with questions asked during online exams. There is no point in asking direct questions to a student. If direct questions are asked to the student, it is very easy for the students to plagiarize during such exams and very difficult for invigilators and examiners to catch them, if they are doing so. Instead, questions should be framed in a manner so that they test the students' knowledge and understanding, particularly their sense of application. Then the very purpose of taking exams will be served. So there is no problem with online exams. The question pattern has to change. The paper setter will have to focus on testing the sense of application of the students. Hope I have been able to answer you.
I think, the quality of education in COVID19 pandemic duration is lower than before. Because the infrastructure of the virtual education is not suitable.
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