Honesty in marking Examinations.

Honesty is the best policy as the idiom goes. Honesty gains us respect. We are acknowledged for it and even if we aren't, we have our self respect. It seems to me that some private colleges and academies in Malaysia are allowing students to pass examinations when they don't deserve to or unknowingly. It seems to me that their management does not hire a second examiner to check and confirm what the first examiner has done.

Examinations are at the core of academic life. Examinations are the essential tools for student assessment and evaluation. Examinations tells the student and his or her tutor or teacher how well the student has learnt, mastered and is able to do. It also demonstrates how ell the student was instructed. But when students pass without deserving to do so, what is the point in conducting examinations? What is it that the student has learnt and mastered? Perhaps it is the negligence on the part of teachers, tutors and lecturers who want to preserve their jobs and reputation and the institutions reputation as well.  Perhaps a high failure rate or a rate of poor grades will harm the instructor's job and the institutions profit margins. 

I think a tutor or lecturer or a teacher has to be mindful of the institution's needs and if the marking is checked by another marker so as to ensure that they can keep their jobs. The Malaysian Qualifications Agency should check and see if the examinations  are marked and checked and verified.