29-02-2016, 04:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 29-02-2016, 04:21 AM by mohanakrishnan.)
Hi Peter,
I have a suggestion which you may like to discuss during the exam review session.
The exams can be conducted twice a year. Once in April and Once in October. We can have three modules in April - say Module 2, 4 and 7 and four modules in October Module 1, 3, 5 and 6. Overall in a year the same seven module question papers have to set and corrected but conducting two times a year will reduce the resource requirement and will help the candidate to focus on couple of modules in April and couple of module in October rather than all in one go. The results can also be announced much quicker - may be 2-3 months rather than 5 months. Knowing that April exams are for different modules candidates will not wait for Oct results and vice versa and hence preparation can start immediately after the previous exams. Thorrowgood Scholarship award can be given to the candidate whose overall score in the year i.e.April + October is higher.
I am sure the logistics needed for conducting twice a year is more but probably worth. This might also increase the awareness of IRSE exams as it happens more often and people know about it more.
Mohan
I have a suggestion which you may like to discuss during the exam review session.
The exams can be conducted twice a year. Once in April and Once in October. We can have three modules in April - say Module 2, 4 and 7 and four modules in October Module 1, 3, 5 and 6. Overall in a year the same seven module question papers have to set and corrected but conducting two times a year will reduce the resource requirement and will help the candidate to focus on couple of modules in April and couple of module in October rather than all in one go. The results can also be announced much quicker - may be 2-3 months rather than 5 months. Knowing that April exams are for different modules candidates will not wait for Oct results and vice versa and hence preparation can start immediately after the previous exams. Thorrowgood Scholarship award can be given to the candidate whose overall score in the year i.e.April + October is higher.
I am sure the logistics needed for conducting twice a year is more but probably worth. This might also increase the awareness of IRSE exams as it happens more often and people know about it more.
Mohan