COVID – 19 AND HITCHES IN CONDUCTING EXAMINATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FACULTY OF ARTS & CULTURE, EASTERN UNIVERSITY, SRI LANKA
.Authors:
J. Kennedy & A. Sujendran
Abstract:
The pandemic situation after the spread of COVID – 19 brought many disturbances to almost all the fields. Education is one such field which has been affected by this crisis. Conducting summative examinations during this period becomes another painful matter in the field of education. Almost all the educational institutions face this problem, though they conduct online or face-to-face examinations. Some of the universities have unique problems even before the pandemic situation such as a large number of students and lack of infrastructure facilities. Faculty of Arts and Culture in the Eastern University, Sri Lanka faces the above-mentioned problem before the pandemic outbreak. Now, during this crisis, the problem becomes more prominent due to various health reasons. This paper researches the ongoing problems in conducting summative face-to-face assessments with respect the Faculty of Arts and Culture in the Eastern University, Sri Lanka and some practicable recommendations are given which could be useful to other educational institutions as well