Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

Assessment in Higher Education: A Case of Central University of South Bihar

Dr. Kaushal Kishore

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Basic principles of educational assessment and evaluation say that they are an integral part of teachinglearning process and enhance instruction. In principle, the conducive environment for examinations assures absence of anxiety and fear from the minds of the students. Also, it is based on testing of all the three domains – Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor. But, in the present examination system in India all these principles are absent. For decades, the country has witnessed an examination system, particularly in higher education, that is totally summative in nature, emphasizes lower levels of cognitive domain only through paper–pencil tests and does not provide scope for improvement in learning. In this situation, the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) claims adoption of CCE in its true sense. Present paper describes the examination system of CUSB – a university without a conventional examination section and examines its functioning informally

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Dr. Kaushal Kishore Assessment in Higher Education: A Case of Central University of South Bihar Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 8 August 2015

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