Private schools confirmed that 60% of evaluations are for activities, assignments and classroom participation

Parents: The "remote" exams do not give an accurate measurement of students' level

Schools: redistribution of scores between exams and classroom activities due to the "distance" education system.

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Students of the students said that the questions of the end of the first semester exams, which were held "remotely", did not accurately measure the students' level, and that they explain difficult questions in scientific subjects to their children to answer them correctly, and considered that asking questions on the system of options prompts the student to choose the answer without thinking about Understand the question well.

And they called for exams in the classroom, as they more accurately measure students' level in questions based on self-skills.

On the other hand, officials in private schools confirmed to "Emirates Today", that measuring students' level during the first semester does not depend only on final examinations that are "remote", as they are measured by 40% in final exams, and 60% for activities and assignments. And projects and classroom participation, whether attendance or "online".

In detail, the deputy director of the Sharjah American School of Umm Al Quwain, Mona Serhal, said that the administration cannot compel students to come to the school to take the first semester exams, according to the method used before the Corona crisis, and to switch to education “from a distance”.

She explained that measuring the student’s level in the first semester depends by 60% on his participation in the classroom, whether in the semester or “remotely”, and his interaction with the teacher, in addition to solving activities and delivering the scientific projects required of him, and his commitment to attend classes regularly.

She added that the end of the first semester exams account for 40% of the final grades, which means that it does not measure the level of the student, noting that the questions include optional answers, and measure the average student’s level, and do not include difficult questions to measure students ’skills and intelligence level, unlike the exams that were Before the Corona crisis.

While the examinations official at a private school in Ras Al Khaimah, Fahmy Samir, indicated that the examination questions were drawn from the curriculum that the student studied in the first semester, and that the method of selecting the answers was adopted, in order to give the student more time to think about the question and choose the answer. He continued that some questions compel the student to explain the question in a paper, to reach the correct answer before choosing it and determining it through the electronic system exams.

He pointed out that the school does not measure the level of students, through final exams only, but rather depends on the distribution of their skills and their personal and educational level, by sending each student homework to his teacher via WhatsApp, and sending scientific projects and working papers through the electronic "TIMES" system. Approved by the school.

He added that the questions of the first semester exams are easy and clear and from the curriculum, as the number of "remote" questions in the mathematics exam reaches 21 questions, 40 questions in Islamic and 30 questions in science, and the number of exam questions varies according to what the student studied in the first semester. The questions vary between medium and difficult in order to measure the student's skills and the extent of his understanding of the questions and the curriculum.

While the director of a private school in Ajman, who asked not to be named, said that changing the examination system due to the Corona pandemic and switching to distance education prompted the school to change the distribution of grades between exams and classroom activities, in order to monitor the extent of students ’commitment to attending classes remotely and participating in Projects and homework submission in various school subjects.

She explained that the school realizes that the student may seek the help of his parents to answer the questions of the examinations that are carried out "remotely". Therefore, the real level of the student is measured in the worksheets and projects that are required of them during the semester, and during their participation in the class remotely with the educational staff, in addition to attending classes Study and their answers to teachers' questions during the online session

The relatives of students: Yasser Fawzi, Rabab Al-Rayyes, and Rima Abu Shakra indicated that the end-of-semester exams, which are still going on until the end of this week, do not measure students' level or self-skills, as they depend on choosing answers, and they do not oblige the student to write the answer himself.

They added that some of the questions in the scientific subjects were difficult, which made them help their children to choose the correct answer by opening the curriculum to review the lesson and explain and simplify the question to them, adding that measuring students ’level through work papers and homework and presenting projects is not sufficient to raise their level in school subjects. As it is known in education that the exams measure the student’s level and determine his scientific and personal skills, especially in scientific subjects.

They pointed out that the absence of complete supervision by the school over students during the examinations "remotely" will not lead to the correct measurement of the student's level, especially with students' circulation of exams through the application of "WhatsApp", explaining that the only solution to measuring the skills and level of students in the exams is performed in Classes are traditionally done with precautionary measures and preventive measures.

Schools have confirmed that they cannot compel students to come to school to take exams.

- With students who helped their children to choose the correct answer to difficult questions.

40%

From the percentage of student level measurement for the first semester final exams

Students:

"Asking questions through a system of choices, prompting the student to choose the answer without thinking."

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