Misleading results...Need to search new genuine ways to test one's caliber

Misleading results...Need to search new genuine ways to test one's caliber

Today is a very special day for me, as I cleared final mbbs examination and completd my UG, not only because of this, but it is also the worst result of my life. I was expecting something bad but definitely not the worst.
So I thought at this point some questions should be answered, don’t think that these questions are the result of frustration, coz I never felt proud of my scores in various exams (despite some of them being remarkable) or was disappointed with the bad ones at any instance, and I believe the old saying, “Numbers are like ******, what they reveal is suggestive , but what they hide is more interesting”


The only reason for this is my concern over the rumors (?) about the government’s decision to shut the PG entrance examinations in the state, and forming the final year UG scores as the new criteria for admissions. At the very first place, I have never been able to understand the logic behind, how these people at important posts can even think of such nonsense things.


Now there are plenty of factors which finalize how the student will perform in these traditional exam systems..No doubt his own talent is the chief one..But don’t you think , there are also some very cheap factors..Mostly helping the false talent and underestimating the genuine one..And why these cheap factors can affect the final outcome?..simply because of cut-throat competition..I will talk about our UG exams..


Some students can memorize every topic quickly and are able to write it down exactly as they read…of course it’s a talent…not everyone can do this, but do they learn anything from it to apply the same somewhere…if the answer is NO then what was the purpose to read it? clearly it was ,to score some good marks in the exams….which is a very fatal tendency…often I see many students who have studied basics of math, physics, chemistry and electronics in their schools and colleges, don’t know anything and fail to apply their knowledge(?) in day to day life..this group also contains the candidates who have scored 100% marks in these subjects…everyone knows how these exams are taken, same questions, same pattern…even the marks on individual chapters are decided..you have to write only with the method that is given in the textbook, you are not allowed to think differently and to devise your own method, otherwise no marks are credited…also you have to write systematically with good handwriting, well labeled diagrams, margins, all steps..and if you miss to summarize your final answer in a sentence at the end, then your one mark will be deducted …how funny!!! Don’t these people know that, true intelligent persons are not that disciplined ?? (Einstein, Newton….list is long) coz they simply don’t give importance to useless facts…and for this one separate subject titled “DISCIPLINES” should be included in the syllabus and there we can exercise all these things…at no place such restrictions should cost any talented person..


Viva….this is better option for theory examination, but unfortunately there are also OTHER factors that can come to play depending on the examiner…for example some examiners immediately get impressed with nice selection of words, fluency, no matter how much irrelevant he/SHE is speaking..some examiners never ask anything related to the topic…some of them will ask a very hard question right at the start and if unanswered…they assume that he (should I write SHE??) knows nothing…this also happens when you forget to read some topic accidently…and you should guess what examiners want from you (this is tough one)..coz if you ask him “is this what you wanted?…” or “exactly what do you mean?....or “with what reference…?” …then he can fail you right on the spot…


MCQ’s have excluded the dictator’s bias towards particular group while dictating theory papers…coz we often see a group of students belonging to particular batch gets higher marks than the other group of same class…this magic is due to different dictators …with different moods and different mindsets…and the degree of STUDENT FRIENDLY attitude…since while checking MCQ’s examiners are not allowed to think (but the students are…that is in the examination hall…its easier to cheat when it comes to MCQ’S…he..he..)


Well jokes apart…but MCQ’s (not objective..but those which need, processing the information and using the concepts) is the best way to test the talent…and I request you all people to unite to save examinations based on this pattern and to prevent politics and the money from being deciders of the fate of talent..