LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13 : 1 January 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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A Comparative Study of the Evaluation System of Semester System
and Annual System

Nadia Ghaffar, M.A. (English), B.Ed.

Abstract

The study intends to analyze and compare in detail the evaluation system of the semester system and annual system. The evaluation system of both the systems is explicitly different with little similarities. There is a general view which prevails in public that the semester system keeps a constant check on the learning and comprehension of the students whereas in annual system, evaluation is based on cramming the material only.

The purpose of this study is to analyse which system is the better one from the point of view of evaluation and what improvements can we recommend in these systems.

The major instrument of study is the questionnaire. Two different kinds of questionnaires were designed, for Faculty Zone and for Student Zone. The method of taking interviews was also adopted, especially for the members of the Faculty Zone. For this research, Semester system of three universities, namely, those of National University of Modern Languages, International Islamic University and Quaid-e-Azam Univerity and three colleges which follow annual system, namely, Asghar Mall Boys College, F.G. College for Women, and Sir Syed College for Boys were selected. Through random sampling 10 Students and 10 Teachers from each university and college were selected for the study and questionnaires were distributed among them.

1. Introduction

Evaluation is the process of judging or measuring the worth or appreciating it in the paradigms of that particular discipline.

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Nadia Ghaffar, M.A. English, B.Ed.
Visiting Faculty
Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fatimah Jinnah Women University
Pakistan
nadia.ghaffar@yahoo.com
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