Michael Gove, a British politician
currently the Secretary of State for Education recently quoted “Tough
exams favoring students who can memorize page after page of facts
should be a central part of the school experience.” This education
minister seems to be going back to the basics of the traditionalist
way of approaching education leaving all the modernists surprised. He
is one of the firm believers that traditional techniques guarantee
higher educational standards. He further added that, “Exams matter
because motivation matters, humans are hard-wired to seek out
challenges. And our self-belief grows as we clear challenges we once
thought beyond us. The satisfaction of passing tough exams spurs us
on to further endeavors and deeper learning.”
This speech has indeed left all of us
motivated to go back to the basics and do what is best suited for the
youth of today considering they are the future of tomorrow. His
speech is a must read piece for the students since it is for the
students, especially for their betterment. The pattern of education
should be changed in such a way that it becomes more of a pleasurable
experience for the students whenever they study. Classroom should not
just be limited to books but also the practical application of the
knowledge so that people not just read up their books as a mere
machines but understand what they are reading and how to apply it in
the course of their life. This way education will not just become
learning but would also become fun learning.
Examination is used a s a tool to
analyze the aptitude of the students, the exams should be so designed
that it puts to test the memorizing skills of the students as well
because the ability to test the memory of the students is also
something which holds prime importance.
Hence it is time to re-design
examination patterns in order to re-design the future.
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