Abstract
In Bangladesh, the system of assessment has always been guided by curriculum though the system only covered learners’ ability of memorization and comprehension skills. Other categories of skills in the knowledge like application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation are hardly included in the assessment. Besides, some of the essential qualities such as oral presentation, leadership, tolerance, co-operative attitude, school behavior, co-curricular activities, and social values are not included in the assessment system. As a result, learners’ trend to rely heavily on their memorization skill leads them to become crippled lacking required excellence to contribute fruitfully to the society. The government of Bangladesh has timely envisaged the reservation of its education system and has justly adjudicated the School Based Assessment (SBA) aspiring learners’ holistic development. SBA has been implemented in junior secondary levels of general education in June, 2007. This paper reveals the current situation of the recently applied assessment system through a study of a group of teachers of secondary level and SBA trainers. It will discuss the issues that emerge from the arguments of the scholars that they hold regarding SBA and its potentiality in the context of Bangladesh.
Highlights
The findings have been summarized under two main categories i.e. present situation of School Based Assessment (SBA) and attitudes towards the implementation of the new assessment system
Head teachers have been provided training for three days to get an idea about SBA so that they can assist the subject teachers to conduct the activities of assessment and to prepare the report
All of the participants said that no District Education Officer (DEO) ever visits their schools
Summary
Primary education is a five-year cycle from grade I-V. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS), the number of secondary school is 18500 having 238158 teacher and 7398552 students in the year 2006 (BANBEIS, 2007). Students sit for Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSC) at the end of year 10. They sit for Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination at the end of year 12. HSC plays a vital role in students’ life since it prepares the learners for higher education. Till present, both these high stake examinations emphasize students’ memorization skill and the power to reproduce them in examination hall
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