Lingaya's Public School Implements a Fair Assessment Policy

 Educational research and practice globally is struggling to arrive at the right definition of a Fair Assessment Policy that would apply at the school level. Is it only a question of marks and grades that determine whether the boy or girl is successful? If that is really the case, how it is that inconsistency in performance is often observed, like a child scoring 90% in an examination and 40% the next. On the other hand, it is often seen that bookworms who have practiced no other skill are systematically scoring very high grades. Such a child may not understand the practical aspects of life and be unfit for work in the real world.

Purpose of education

According to the social classes, education and training mean different things. According to one definition, education is a preparation for life, but another believes that education is life itself. As the world is getting more materialistic, it is realized that ROI applies to education like everything else. If lifeactivities can be treated as an industry, education should have its returns too. What role does a Fair Assessment Policy play in ensuring that the child has developed certain skills and knowledge in the top schools in Delhi?

While knowing the surroundings and understanding your place in the universe may be universally accepted as the definition of early school education, by the time class 12 is reached, children are getting rather serious about the future. In the case of low economic backgrounds, earning a living is uppermost in the mind. Those better off may be able to indulge their fantasies and likes in choosing a particular stream, like science or commerce.

A Fair Assessment Policy represents a realistic awareness of the abilities of the child in the different subject areas, along with physical abilities and communication skills, club activities and social connections. A well rounded personality is developed through several stages and the school plays an important role, though clouded by innocence. Encouraging the efforts of the child should be the ultimate role of the teachers.

If the child suffers domestic abuse or is sick on the test or examination date and the grades are low, who will bear the blame? Knowing how sensitive children are, it is necessary to keep spirits alive. A single low mark can dampen childish spirits and a single question could upset them severely.

Keeping such aspects in mind, being very mechanical like a computer in awarding marks based on the criteria, a lone failing work will make many children and parents unhappy. It is true that marking systems in public examinations need to be very strict to uphold standards, but a compromise needs to be worked out.