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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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