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Examinations are often denounced as a bad system. But they have their uses, and the critics have never yet devised a system will take their place.
Examinations are necessary for schools, colleges, and government departments as efficiency tests. There must be some visible proof a boy is fit to be promoted to a higher class, the next stage in his education. There must be some tangible that a young man leaving college has imbibed a certain amount of knowledge and undergone a certain amount of mental training. And anyone can be given a responsible post, he must have a chance to show that he has sufficient intelligence and knowledge to safely entrusted with the position's duties. Such a test is of special importance in such practical professions as medicine, for no one want to entrust his health to a man who has not proved that he has sound knowledge of the human body, the of health, and the remedies for disease. The only practical test seems to be the examination in all these cases.
Examinations are useful as a stimulus to work. For example, suppose a student at a college knows there is no examination ahead of him, he has the love of acquiring knowledge for his own sake. In that case, he will take things easily and not put the amount of hard work and systematic study necessary for a sound education.
On the other hand, there is no doubt that are connected with the examination system. For one thing, exams encourage the habit of cramming. It is quite possible to pass an by camming, but that means that an examination may not be a real test of knowledge. Cramming knowledge is superficial and easily , and it does not affect developing intellectual abilities.
For this reason, an examination is not an unfailing test of efficiency, for the who passes may not be as good as the man who fails, who may have a better brain and sounder knowledge. And examination is no test of moral qualities, which are the most important.