{"id":67530,"date":"2020-10-27T18:20:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=67530"},"modified":"2020-10-27T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:50:26","slug":"board-exams-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/board-exams-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Board exams in education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context:<\/strong> \u00a0Delhi University announced the first list of admission into undergraduate programmes earlier this month and the cut-offs reached 100 per cent mark in some courses offered by a few colleges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the state of higher education in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>According to the most recent All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE 2018-19<\/strong>), Delhi\u2019s gross enrolment ratio (GER) is 46.3 per cent, this means that almost every second youth in Delhi between the age of 18 and 23 is enrolled in a higher education programme.<\/li>\n<li><strong>According to India\u2019s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030<\/strong> and the National Education Policy 2020 target, we are aiming to ensure 100 per cent enrollment across our school stages, from pre-primary to the secondary stage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>There will be a further rise in applications for higher education programmes<\/strong> for which the NEP 2020 has set a target of 50 per cent by 2035 which would mean an additional 35 million seats to be created in HEIs across the country.<\/li>\n<li>Rise in unemployed graduates due to poor education quality and absence of skills in youth.<\/li>\n<li>There is a mismatch in the ratio of colleges and regulating universities leading to regulator challenges. For ex- 40000 colleges being regulated under by 1000 universities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How will multidiscipline HEI improve Higher education ecosystem? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NEP 2020 recommends moving into a multi-disciplinary HEIs. This would improve the education ecosystem in the following way:<\/li>\n<li>This will offer undergraduate and <strong>graduate programmes in every district of the country<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Each such institute will aim to have 3,000 or more students.<\/li>\n<li>Improve access to higher education and will also make HEIs viable.<\/li>\n<li>Provide access to 70 million students when the GER of Higher education reaches 50 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>This will also allow for closing down of thousands of poor quality HEIs, which trap unsuspecting students, leading to a large number of non-entrepreneurial, unskilled and unemployable graduates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the alternative to cut-offs? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School leaving marks have been inefficient in assessing the overall performance of a student. An alternative system should include:<\/li>\n<li>School-leaving certificates should contain a collection of assessments, including a student\u2019s performance across the secondary level (Classes IX to XII).<\/li>\n<li>Inclusion of class assignments and tests in the assessments will ensure development of students\u2019 portfolios.<\/li>\n<li>The process of admission to higher education should also assess whether the prospective student has developed the attributes for pursuing higher education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Way forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>NEP 2020 envisages assessment reform at the school level, which would make the board exams redundant, and also a common entrance for the liberal arts-based higher education system, which only assesses an applicant\u2019s preparedness to pursue a university education. We need to go with these reforms at the earliest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: \u00a0Delhi University announced the first list of admission into undergraduate programmes earlier this month and the cut-offs reached 100 per cent mark in some courses offered by a few colleges. What is the state of higher education in India? 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