Soon engineering students will be allowed books in the exam hall

Soon engineering students will be allowed books in the exam hall

There is a good news for the engineering students. A proposal to allow engineering students to carry books in the exam hall is under consideration and soon students may get permission for the same. However, if approved, will only be valid for the students who are studying in the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) approved colleges. In its latest exam reform policy, the body is considering various ways to set question papers which will help in assessing the students better and open book examination is one of the suggested ways as it is expected to improve the quality of education in India. Ashok Shettar, chairperson AICTE committee on examination reform and vice chancellor KLE Technological University said “The way we conduct exams traditionally only assesses students based on their ability to reproduce knowledge. Through these guidelines, we aim to reform the way we assess our students. We are aiming to match the assessment system with the outcome-based framework our education and industry has adopted based on performance indicators.” AICTE has advised the colleges to either reduce the number of questions in the exams or allocate more time to the students under open book exams. According to the policy, open book exams will be less stressful for the students as they would focus less on the memorizing aspect and more on the application aspect of the concepts. “If we have to say 12 indicators for our engineering graduates,” said Shettar, “half of them do not belong to technical traits. Our traditional system is unable to access students based on these soft skills including teamwork, communication skills, et al.” The policy also advises the academicians to “set the question paper in a way that requires students to do things with information available to them, rather than merely locate the correct information from the book”. Shettar said, “Open book exams will be allowed in designed and systemic manner. It will not be allowed in all the exams.” The official guidelines for the open book exams are expected to be implemented from the next academic year.

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