EXAMINATION REFORMS IN B.ED. PROGRAMME
P.SELVI
SIVAKASI
ABSTRACT
Henry Steele opines” Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implcably requires change. Education is essential to change., for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them”. In our country, 19th century education is imparted by 20th century teachers to 21st century students. In this way we are lagging behind by two centuries. Education should help the students to attain 21st century skills such as developing reasoning and thinking power, judgement and decision making ability, creativity, risk taking capacity, scientific temper, team spirit etc., Hence by developing the Inter-personal skills such as courtesy, giving respect, collaborative learning, communication skill, conflict resolution, empathy, tolerance and leadership qualities and the Intrapersonal skills such as problem solving, decision making, health habits, moral judgement, curiosity, imagination and thinking skills. How can the radical change take place? It can be put into practice by changing the curriculum and evaluation procedure of B.Ed programme. This paper suggests the following measures not only for teaching but also for evaluation.
- I advocate the principle of promoting the use of Technology to the maximum level.
- Teleconferencing should be made available to the students.
- EDUSAT should be utilized well.
- Numerous workshops and seminars should be organized to mobilize and encourage youth with the goal of envisioning sucessful future through education.
- I recommend conducting an annual conference to evaluate past progress and yet set higher goals that are realistic and attainable for students, mentors , teachers and parents.
