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Final supporters
Oct/Nov 2019 Exam
- We were given exam scope before writing this paper.
- We felt the assignments were not marked correctly.
- The paper was closed book exam instead of open book exam.
- No communication to the students that the exam would be a closed book exam.
- This exam was very simple. If it had been an open book exam, almost every student would have passed gallantly.
Issue with Oct/Nov 2019 Exam
- Some invigilators at the exam venues insisted that the exam is a closed book exam based on the instruction on the question paper.
- Some exam centres wrote a closed book exam while some wrote an open book exam.
Action Taken By Student
- Students escalated this issue to respective stakeholders.
Feedback from UNISA
- UNISA gave feedback to nullify the Oct/Nov Exam because it was not a fair exam.
- UNISA asked students to prepare for another exam in Jan/Feb.
Impact of UNISA’s feedback on Students
- This affected some students psychologically because they believed they were done with exam.
- Some students could not enjoy their holidays with their loved ones as they must prepare again for exam that should have been bygone.
Jan/Feb 2020 Exam
- This exam is one of the most tedious exams with less time to complete the paper.
- A lot of students were not happy after writing this exam and, we felt cheated because this would not have occurred if the first paper was an open one.
Issue with Jan/Feb 2020 Exam
- No new exam scope as some students relied heavily on previous exam scope while preparing for exam.
- Our year scores/assignment score was not reckoned with.
- We felt our exam scripts were not properly marked because the exam scores are very low.
- The questions are much.
- Exam was tedious compare to other power system past papers.
Outcome
- Almost all the student failed the exam.
Other Comments
- This exam is not a supplementary exam though it was written during supplementary exam period.
- Our assignment scores should also be considered.
- Any students that qualify for supplementary can now do their supplementary exam.
- F1 concession students should be considered for concession.
Conclusion.
Having said these, we plead with all stakeholders to help use their good offices to revert these scores and look into this issue with leniency so that we can pass this module because if everything has been right with Oct/Nov exam, more than half of the class might pass with distinction because it was based on scope and simple.
The chance to pass this module gallantly was taken away from us, because, UNISA made the Oct/Nov exam a closed exam without prior communication and the provided option (Jan/Feb) was not a good one for us because almost everybody failed.
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Updates
March 15, 2020
The volume of support has secured us a formal meeting with the registrar to address the discrepancies in exam conditions. I am currently finalizing the evidence dossier regarding the inconsistencies between testing centers to present during this session.
32 Comments
I passed november exam but UNISA decided to nullify it and pretend like we never wrote because of a mistake made by them. On top of that gave us a supplementary of an exam that was never marked. This is my last Module and I would have qualified for an fi concession but that opportunity was revoked and the reason was I already wrote a supplementary in january. How did the January exam become a supplementary when november scripts were not even marked? I cannot even mention the fact that january exam was the most tedious exam with no scope for preparing. WE solely relied on the november scope. That scope did not help us, I am not even sure on what book the exam was based on. Psychologically this has affected all of us severely.
The jan/feb supp exam questions where long and very tough.Previous assignment have wrong memos which is worrying, for you are not sure if what you are writting in the exam is correct or not.
Not happy with exam of power systems 1st exam fair, got cancelled 2nd exam tough, the markings are not realistsic We expect a supp, since we wer forced to 2nd exam
The decision to nullify nov main exam was wrong, the institution was at fault and unprofessional by sending incoherent instructions, hence I think it was only fair that the scripts be marked and those who pass, be exempted from rewriting the exam.The scheduled date was a huge inconvenience to students and no scope was given for re-write exam.
This was very unprofessional, the October exam was a mess, some questions referred us to certain diagrams which were non-existant. We had to write an exam where the mistakes were not our own, we had to take leave again at work. We got an order that the October exam had to be re-written, our opinion was not asked, then we took leave again only to find the exam that was not fair, in terms of difficulty, the October one was easier, I couldn't even finish the exam, now my results came back failed no more supp. This is so unprofessional, the October exan was supposed to be marked and only the questions that were compromised should have been left out.
I am still in shock with my marks I got, Unisa having the previous lecturer who was giving students wrong memos was not an issue but at the end you make us fail dismally
The exam was just not fair
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Final supporters
Oct/Nov 2019 Exam
- We were given exam scope before writing this paper.
- We felt the assignments were not marked correctly.
- The paper was closed book exam instead of open book exam.
- No communication to the students that the exam would be a closed book exam.
- This exam was very simple. If it had been an open book exam, almost every student would have passed gallantly.
Issue with Oct/Nov 2019 Exam
- Some invigilators at the exam venues insisted that the exam is a closed book exam based on the instruction on the question paper.
- Some exam centres wrote a closed book exam while some wrote an open book exam.
Action Taken By Student
- Students escalated this issue to respective stakeholders.
Feedback from UNISA
- UNISA gave feedback to nullify the Oct/Nov Exam because it was not a fair exam.
- UNISA asked students to prepare for another exam in Jan/Feb.
Impact of UNISA’s feedback on Students
- This affected some students psychologically because they believed they were done with exam.
- Some students could not enjoy their holidays with their loved ones as they must prepare again for exam that should have been bygone.
Jan/Feb 2020 Exam
- This exam is one of the most tedious exams with less time to complete the paper.
- A lot of students were not happy after writing this exam and, we felt cheated because this would not have occurred if the first paper was an open one.
Issue with Jan/Feb 2020 Exam
- No new exam scope as some students relied heavily on previous exam scope while preparing for exam.
- Our year scores/assignment score was not reckoned with.
- We felt our exam scripts were not properly marked because the exam scores are very low.
- The questions are much.
- Exam was tedious compare to other power system past papers.
Outcome
- Almost all the student failed the exam.
Other Comments
- This exam is not a supplementary exam though it was written during supplementary exam period.
- Our assignment scores should also be considered.
- Any students that qualify for supplementary can now do their supplementary exam.
- F1 concession students should be considered for concession.
Conclusion.
Having said these, we plead with all stakeholders to help use their good offices to revert these scores and look into this issue with leniency so that we can pass this module because if everything has been right with Oct/Nov exam, more than half of the class might pass with distinction because it was based on scope and simple.
The chance to pass this module gallantly was taken away from us, because, UNISA made the Oct/Nov exam a closed exam without prior communication and the provided option (Jan/Feb) was not a good one for us because almost everybody failed.
Updates
March 15, 2020
The volume of support has secured us a formal meeting with the registrar to address the discrepancies in exam conditions. I am currently finalizing the evidence dossier regarding the inconsistencies between testing centers to present during this session.
32 Comments
The exam was unfair. UNISA must be accountable for their mistake not us. Is not our fault of not writing a open book exam and on top of that they decided to cancel the Oct/Nov 19 exam and give us only one chance in Jan/Feb2020. Now most of us didn’t manage to pass and we don’t have another chance.
I passed november exam but UNISA decided to nullify it and pretend like we never wrote because of a mistake made by them. On top of that gave us a supplementary of an exam that was never marked. This is my last Module and I would have qualified for an fi concession but that opportunity was revoked and the reason was I already wrote a supplementary in january. How did the January exam become a supplementary when november scripts were not even marked? I cannot even mention the fact that january exam was the most tedious exam with no scope for preparing. WE solely relied on the november scope. That scope did not help us, I am not even sure on what book the exam was based on. Psychologically this has affected all of us severely.
The jan/feb supp exam questions where long and very tough.Previous assignment have wrong memos which is worrying, for you are not sure if what you are writting in the exam is correct or not.
Not happy with exam of power systems 1st exam fair, got cancelled 2nd exam tough, the markings are not realistsic We expect a supp, since we wer forced to 2nd exam
The decision to nullify nov main exam was wrong, the institution was at fault and unprofessional by sending incoherent instructions, hence I think it was only fair that the scripts be marked and those who pass, be exempted from rewriting the exam.The scheduled date was a huge inconvenience to students and no scope was given for re-write exam.
This was very unprofessional, the October exam was a mess, some questions referred us to certain diagrams which were non-existant. We had to write an exam where the mistakes were not our own, we had to take leave again at work. We got an order that the October exam had to be re-written, our opinion was not asked, then we took leave again only to find the exam that was not fair, in terms of difficulty, the October one was easier, I couldn't even finish the exam, now my results came back failed no more supp. This is so unprofessional, the October exan was supposed to be marked and only the questions that were compromised should have been left out.
I am still in shock with my marks I got, Unisa having the previous lecturer who was giving students wrong memos was not an issue but at the end you make us fail dismally
The exam was just not fair
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The exam was unfair. UNISA must be accountable for their mistake not us. Is not our fault of not writing a open book exam and on top of that they decided to cancel the Oct/Nov 19 exam and give us only one chance in Jan/Feb2020. Now most of us didn’t manage to pass and we don’t have another chance.