Can term-end summative examination as a form of assessment be done away with totally? Not just yet, given the 60 % weightage that it enjoys in the current structure of assessment. However, the ...

THIS year, more than 1.8 million students are sitting for the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations. The ...

The pupils could obviously discriminate between the two different approaches, and they surprised the teacher by complaining: "Look, we've told you we don't understand this. Why are you going on to the ...

Timed written examinations continue to dominate university assessment. In most professions, the need to recall and write down specific information from memory under timed conditions is rare. Yet every ...

The government has downplayed the place of national examinations or assessments in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). And while stakeholders have not expressed their anxieties, the worry is real.

Assesses changes occurring in the last three years and analyses the reasons underlying these changes. Discusses future changes proposed. A detailed survey of undergraduate orthodontic teaching in UK ...