Kathmandu, Sept 7: Enhancement in the learning process has been stressed to see better results in the secondary level education results.
The participants of a programme
organised by the Private and Boarding School Organisation Nepal (PABSON) here
today were of the view that teachers should be responsible and competent for
improvements in the learning activities and the government should ensure an
atmosphere for them for capacity enhancement.
They were putting their views in a
seminar entitled "secondary-level education and assessment
system".
According to them, the recent results of grade
12 suggest the need for an advanced approach to learning activities and the
assessment system. The results disqualify a noticeable number of students to
pursue further study, it is said.
National Education Board chair Dr
Mahashram Sharma said in some cases teachers are not aware of the curriculum
policy and bases of grades which has caused problems for students.
As he said, the Board plans to
conduct an orientation for teachers. "From the next academic year, grade
12 questions will be of equal standard for all provinces."
He pressed the idea of assigning the
task of curriculum development, question preparations and re-assessment of
answer sheets solely to experts as the Board is for facilitating the
exam-related administrative affairs.
Educationist Dr Balchandra Luintel
said students' learning capacity should be the focus of the education system.
PABSON President DK Dhungana said
reforms are needed in the assessment system and that's why the PABSON had held
the discussions on the matter.
Education analysts Gyanendra Ban
and Hari Musyan gave their presentations on the assessment system and concluded
that a liberal approach at the lower level and a tougher approach at the upper
level were not appropriate.
The Board publishes the results on
the grading system since 2078 BS and this year the number of students obtaining a 4
GPA is nil.
Towards the regular exams, 188,410
students are listed as non-graded thus becoming not qualified to pursue higher
studies. (RSS)