Question- What are the advantages of the grading system?

Ans.

Grading system has a lot of advantages to offer:

(i) First and foremost, the system will minimize misclassification of students on the basis of marks.

(ii) It will eliminate unhealthy competition among high achievers.

(iii) It will reduce societal pressure and provide the learner with more flexibility.

(iv) It will lead to a focus on a better learning environment.

(v) It will facilitate joyful and stress free learning.

(vi) It considerably reduces inter and intra examiner’s variability in marking.

(vii) Aberration or abnormalities in assessment techniques will be taken care of if we put students of similar potential in same ability bands (grades).

(viii) It also reduces undesired and unsound comparison of small difference of marks.

(ix) The word ‘Fail’ which often gets highlighted otherwise will not be taken into account and the precious lives of the students won't be at risk.

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