Isn't this a 'NEET' solution to address the poor design of exam and test questions in India?
Following the NEET fiasco, resulting in the cancellation of UGC-NET exams, the removal of National Testing Agency chief, and the CBI investigation, the Union education ministry has formed a committee to initiate a reform of the examination process and improve data security protocols. Poor design of MCQs The design of MCQs involves both their format and the kinds of potentials or attainments they implicitly seek to measure.The format of exams and tests range from those that expect essay-type answers to be completed in half an hour, to MCQs that need to be completed in one or two minutes. While MCQs eliminate the subjectivity of the examiners, and computer gradable MCQs save human labour, they focus entirely on lower level mental abilities, and fail to probe into thinking and deeper understanding. To use the terminology of the Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, the existing design of MCQs tests fast thinking or type 1 thinking – the mechanical skills that can be acquired through extensive supervised practice. Yet, the poor design problem, unlike the corruption problem, has attracted very little attention from the stakeholders of institutionalised education: the ministry, the industry, expert committees, education administrators, students, their parents, and the public.
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