Cheating trend
The causes behind cheating in exams are the deteriorating standard of education and inadequate teaching methodology
LARKANA:
This refers to the letter published on 27 March titled “Ending the cheating trend” by CM Syed Murad Ali shah in this newspaper. Having realised the negative effects of cheating in examinations, he issued directives to the administration concerned to tackle this pressing issue and called upon students and their parents to play their part in eliminating this menace. No one can afford to disagree with the CM’s contention that cheating in examination negatively impacts the practical life of our youth as well as the development of education in our country.
But neither customary directives nor the appeal to the students and the parents will help until a robust administrative mechanism is put in place and the root causes of this menace are discovered and corrective measures are taken. Reportedly, on the very first day, the question paper is said to be leaked in Larkana and Sukkur. The television footages show large-scale cheating in the ongoing secondary school examinations across the province. The root causes behind this menace are the deteriorating standard of education and inadequate teaching methodology resulting in poor learning. The standard of primary education has collapsed and the picture of secondary and college education is darker than imagined. The faltering commitment on the part of teachers accompanied by ineffective and out-dated teaching methods have stagnated the intellectual growth of young minds.
There is a seasonal sale of grades; those with deep pockets are the beneficiaries of this corrupt practice. Not only this, but those caught red-handed in examination centres easily get clean chits by greasing the palms of corrupt officials. At the end of the day, the beneficiaries of the annual sale of grades outdo those few who burn the midnight oil throughout the academic year.
Nazeer Ahmed Arijo
Published in The Express Tribune, April 1st, 2017.
This refers to the letter published on 27 March titled “Ending the cheating trend” by CM Syed Murad Ali shah in this newspaper. Having realised the negative effects of cheating in examinations, he issued directives to the administration concerned to tackle this pressing issue and called upon students and their parents to play their part in eliminating this menace. No one can afford to disagree with the CM’s contention that cheating in examination negatively impacts the practical life of our youth as well as the development of education in our country.
But neither customary directives nor the appeal to the students and the parents will help until a robust administrative mechanism is put in place and the root causes of this menace are discovered and corrective measures are taken. Reportedly, on the very first day, the question paper is said to be leaked in Larkana and Sukkur. The television footages show large-scale cheating in the ongoing secondary school examinations across the province. The root causes behind this menace are the deteriorating standard of education and inadequate teaching methodology resulting in poor learning. The standard of primary education has collapsed and the picture of secondary and college education is darker than imagined. The faltering commitment on the part of teachers accompanied by ineffective and out-dated teaching methods have stagnated the intellectual growth of young minds.
There is a seasonal sale of grades; those with deep pockets are the beneficiaries of this corrupt practice. Not only this, but those caught red-handed in examination centres easily get clean chits by greasing the palms of corrupt officials. At the end of the day, the beneficiaries of the annual sale of grades outdo those few who burn the midnight oil throughout the academic year.
Nazeer Ahmed Arijo
Published in The Express Tribune, April 1st, 2017.