Students’ Perception on the Mode of University Examination Pattern: Online Vs Offline

Abstract

The education system is changing dynamically since the last decade from the offline to online mode in the competitive examinations. The major factors behind the specific shift are commonly associated with easiness, convenience, accuracy results, less cheating and overcoming paper leakage problems. However, majority of the university examinations including the technical courses follow and continued with evaluation on offline mode. The present study was intended to observe the students perceptions of writing university regular end examinations. Structured questionnaire method was adopted to gather the information from the university students. The results revealed mixed interest as they already adjusted to the traditional offline system. The probable reasons would be the flexibility in answering questions through descriptive scores. The results well demonstrated that in spite of their opinions expressed many advantages with the online mode, they hardly willing to adapt to the newer method of online examination pattern. There is bare need to enlighten the staff, parents and students to understand the essential advantageous features of online examination in view of sustainability of natural resources by reducing paper usage. The Government must be more responsible towards undertaking measures for employing computer skilled persons to install the appropriate software tools.