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COVER STORY
HOW WE PLAN TO CHANGE FUTURE
OF LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT
In countries throughout So, what do you think that was designed in
the world, assessment is where exactly the problem past doesn’t serve the
considered a major and in judging these skills lies? purpose of today’s world
essential part of today’s Well, We think it’s in the or the future. Formal
education. At the end traditional process that education system was
of an academic year, all we are following to judge created long time ago
countries use assessments learning and technology and during that time,
as a means to measure is the only solution to this. schools were less
a student’s performance. Technology has not only focused on improving
But assessments are eased our life but it has students’ mind. They
completely quantitative brought great potential to were rather focused
i.e. marks obtained are improve the learning and on creating obedient,
the judging criteria for assessment system. punctual and high-
performance. Isn’t graded individuals
this archaic? The need for evolution for jobs.
of education for the next
As per World Economic industrial revolution….. Time is now calling for
Forum’s Future of Jobs not just quantitative
survey, today and the Technology has but a qualitative
coming future demands touched every aspect assessment as well
much more than marks; of our existence and its based on which a plan
it rather seeks problem- happening more quickly for improvement can
solving skills, creative and on a massive scale be laid. The qualitative
thinking, agility, logical compared to any moment assessment measures
judgment and a spirit to of human history. Then, a student’s qualities
learn. We can’t expect isn’t it time to equip the like problem-solving
learning and assessment to youth with the skills skills, agility etc. This
mean something, if we can’t they need to progress in obviously isn’t possible
demonstrate that students tomorrow’s world? with traditional ways in
are actually improving as a which assessments are
result of what they learn. The education system conducted i.e. the pen
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