Is it CBSE or State Higher Secondary Boards that contribute more to degrade the school education system? An exact answer is not possible; nevertheless, both have hand-outs to take the standard of school education to the bottom. The CBSE planning to introduce online evaluation of class X answer sheets from the upcoming board examinations in the State is in this direction. The CBSE has introduced the digital marking system of answer sheets of class X and class XII.
For digital evaluation, answer sheets would be in objective type where the student need only know a, b c, and d. The students blacken the bubble opposite to their choice and these markings are read by the optical mark reader attached to a computer. The whole process is automatic and there is no need for a student to know to write even his name correctly. The writing ability and intellectual capability of students are not tested in such OMR evaluation. A student having skill to do the job of marking OMR sheet often come in the pass list. And there is no need of trained teachers too.
If CBSE or any other agency wishes to have some standard among students they should ask them to write examinations conducted with question papers containing essay, descriptive, and problem solving questions. If everything is in OMR mode, the standard of students will be under threat.
K A Solaman
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