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Educational Measurement and Evaluation Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 21 : Semester System vs Annual System

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
21.1 Annual System of Examination
21.2 Merits of Annual Examination
21.3 Demerits of Annual Examination
21.4 Improvement in Examination System
21.5 Semester System
21.6 Merits of Semester System
21.7 Demerits of Annual System
21.8 Annual System VS Semester System
21.9 Summary
21.10 Keywords
21.11 Review Questions
21.12 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below :
• To discuss about the annual System of Examination
• To describe the merits and demerits of Annual Examination

• To explain about the improvement is Exam System
• To discuss about the Semester System
• To describe the merits and demerits of Semester System
• To explain about the Annual System VS semester System

Introduction

The purpose of examination is to judge and evaluate the intelligence and ability of a student. It
may be oral or written, theoretical or practical. So it must be conducted in such a way that a
student can easily express the originality of his thought. More emphasis should be the Study of
Education the moral and cultural aspects of a student’s character as without character-building
education is of little or no use. There are two kinds of examination, internal or home Examination
and external or boardor university examination. The internal examinations are conducted on
monthly, quarterlyor annual basis and its aim is to evaluate the performance of students. Similarly
external examinations are also conducted on semester or annual basis. But the aim of these
examinations are to promote the students from lower classes to higher classes and award them
certificates, diplomas or degrees. In our country different institutions follow different systems of
examination and both the systems have their own merits and demerits.

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