Education Minister faces exam marks crisis
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 19:59
Tonga’s Minister of Education, the Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva, faced a crisis this week in his move to discard 12 years of development in the national examination system in order to revert to an earlier simpler method called “Raw Marks”. He told a noisy meeting at the Tonga Institute of Education at Pahu on 14 October that Tongan schools will hand out two sets of examination results at the end of the 2015 school year. Photos by Pesi Fonua and Caroline Manu.
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Koe me'a ko'eni 'oku fai ai
Ko e me'a ko'eni 'oku fai ai 'a e potalanoa, ko e kamata'anga pe ia 'a hono tesi 'ehe pule'anga fo'ou honau mafai ke fakahu mai 'enau tokateline 'liberalism' ke ako'i 'aki 'etau fanau. Ko e me'a mahu'inga 'oku mau fakatokanga'i atu mei muli ni koehaa 'oku 'ikai fokotu'u ai ha minisita ako he 'oku fele kau ako poto, palofesa?, toketaa etc 'i he pule'anga Tonga ke nau fakalele 'a e ako. Ko hono 'uhingaa 'oku taha pe. 'Oku fiema'u 'ehe pule'anga fo'ou ke fakahu 'enau tokateline 'liberalism' ke ako'i 'aki e fanau 'i he ngaahi ako'anga, pea ko e founga pe 'eni ke fai. Tau teuteu kitautolu ki he ngaahi me'a fo'ou, faka-Kalisitiane pe ta'e faka-Kalisitiane 'e fakangofua 'a mui ke ako'i kiai 'etau fanau, pea mo e kakai 'o Tonga........SAIA
Just in my own opinion I
Just in my own opinion I support using raw marks, that and exams should be perfect. We can't rely on using standardization forever. I think we know when we're on the right track when standardized marks and raw marks are the same, or to where standardization just has a very small effect on your raw marks. I think of exams like athletics. On the actual race day your time is your time, it won't be standardized to take into account the weather, exact condition of the track, wind direction etc, where you might suddenly have a world record time, or a terrible time. At the end of the day it should be how you performed against those racing with you. Anyways, that's just my thoughts. God bless