Formal exams are used to assess students at the end of each semester in many countries. Why are these exams used by schools and universities? What other type of assessment are possible?

At the end of each term, many nations often used traditional exam methods to evaluate students. These types of assessment

is predominantly used

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are predominantly used

because it is considered as the best way to know if students understand what they were taught in school. Despite the widespread usage of formal examinations, interviews

are

introduces an alternative

or

other methods of rating student’s academic performance. Most institutions embrace formal exams because it

is seems

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seems

at the most effective format to know in details if student assimilated what they learnt during the semester.

This

technique makes it possible for lecturers

to assess

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assess

a larger number of its students at a lower cost, at the same time and under the same conditions with the sole objective to see if they can reproduce what they were taught in classes. To illustrate,

majority

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the majority

of universities and other educational

centers

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centres

in Nigeria uses these methods to check the ability of students to explain course modules, and what parts of the course are complicated, and if possible resit at a cheaper cost.

Thus

, it is for

this

reason that formal exams are commonly used in schools today. Another possible way of assessing students is the use of one-on-one interview. In

this

method, students are rather invited to speak with examiners on the course and progress, which include but not limited to theoretical and practical knowledge of the subject requirements. A prime example is the current acceptable oral assessment bring practice in Holland. When it was

first

introduce

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introduced

, many parents, teachers, to name but a few stood firm to obstruct

it

of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

implementation,

however

, with a stronger determination from

government

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the government

and exams governing bodies to shift from convectional method, interview turns out to be the most efficient system of truly rating students academic abilities.

Therefore

, it is apparent that conducting individual verbal interviews is an alternative to formal exams. In summary, every semester, formal exams

are applied

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is applied

by institutions to evaluate

students

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students'

progress in many countries.

This

is because exam organizers hold the view that it is the best technique. While

this

method is seen as

most effective

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more effective

, face-to-face interview is

also

a possible way of assessing students.