Examination Reform:Retrospect and Prospect

Fear of examination drags the young mind of youth into the dark and isolated hole of stress and anxiety which sometimes leads to the extreme step of committing suicide. Various committees have worked on it and have recommended required and essential steps in the form of different National Curriculum Frameworks to de-stress students along with other stakeholders including teachers and parents. While modifying aims, methods, means and modes of education as per the changing scenario of the nation, examination has never been neglected or underestimated by concerned reform committees of curriculum frameworks. This paper is an attempt to study different curriculum frameworks published by NCERT in order to analyze the major structural and procedural changes they have introduced to improve and bring reform in examination system.