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Personally i don't think examination is the true test of knowledge. Why? I'm gonna give my personal experience. I hope it helps though.
WELL THESE ARE MY REASONS.
I was young then, a Junior Secondary School student, It was time for our exam, Maths exam to be precise, and this kid who sat next to me (He was a friend of mine) Didn't prepare for the exam, He told me he didn't even open his books, so time for the exam came, I told this Kid everything, I basically wrote the exam for him.

He asked me questions during the exam, I answered him, I didn't give Him any wrong answer, after the exam, our result was given to us, and i realized this Kid scored 88/100, while I scored 76/100. That score, made him the highest in class.
Now, what would a normal Human being think after seeing our scores? He would simply think that kid is smarter than me, not knowing that i thought him everything in the examination Hall.
Secondly, there is the case of examination malpractice. We've had cases where students see question papers before exam (E.X.P.O), and most of those students come out with excellent grades and at the end of the day, some of these students can't even spell their names correctly. Even in cases where expo aren't used, some teachers fail students deliberately simply because they've got a beef with the student e.t.c.

We also have cases of students having intimate relationships with teachers, which we all know, is not allowed, Now take for example, Lets say a student has sexual intercourse with a teacher, Biology Teacher, now tell me Is a student like that expected to fail the exam? That student is assured of an A+ or Minimum B.
We also have students who cram, these students cram for their exams and come out with A's and B's, but at the end of the day, they can't even answer straight forward questions. We also have cases of students who carry text books into the Examination Hall, some even copy it, on pieces of paper.

Due to these acts, I personally don't believe examination is the true test of knowledge.
OR WHAT DO YOU THINK?

No it's not...

During my collage time i was a member of Debate-club. We treated the same motion like dis that "Examination is not a true test of one's ability" we support and we won.

sadiik45: During my collage time i was a member of Debate-club. We treated the same motion like dis that "Examination is not a true test of one's ability" we support and we won.

I also did thesame debate and won in college.. I didn't debate sha, i just gave a friend of mine points and he won

So, how do you ascertain someone's level of knowledge without an examination?

ecolime: So, how do you ascertain someone's level of knowledge without an examination?

There are Illiterates who have done great things actually... Like harnessing the wind e.t.c People also cheat, bribe lecturers in exam e.t.c. And most of those students come out with straight A's.. Will you call those students smart??

Toluwarni: There are Illiterates who have done great things actually... Like harnessing the wind e.t.c People also cheat, bribe lecturers in exam e.t.c. And most of those students come out with straight A's.. Will you call those students smart??

Good point. I was just about to write the same thing

Exam is nt bt interviewing wil b d best,my opinion