Dean Barović: On the Faculty of Philology Tests Conducted Aligned with Possibilities of Students and Quality Standards
At the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Montenegro, test will be conducted in accordance with possibilities of students and the quality standards of higher education, Dean of this faculty, Goran Barovic, PhD, said.
"Current problem is inability of some students to access online tests, and inability to access library funds, archives, lack of instruments, like in subject of music culture, and also inability to procure materials due to closed bookstores, as in art culture or fieldwork in geography ", he points out.
According to him, online organization of teaching started at this faculty, immediately after implementation of measures of the National Coordination Body for Infectious Diseases.
Dean Barović explains that in study programs of faculties, where psychology, sociology, philosophy, history, geography, pedagogy is studied, the number of subjects with practical work and tests is very small.
"These are subjects in study programs of teacher education and preschool education and the study program in geography. Students managed in various ways, but still the problem was not overcome to the end. We will understand that some students were not able to get musical instruments, painting accessories and the like ", Dean Barović explains.
Dean Barović said that he expects that, in addition to changes in measures of movement and assembly, current obstacles will be eliminated, as well as beginning of part of teaching and testing at the faculty.
"Feedback from students for now confirms high quality of teaching that is organized through virtual classrooms," Barovic points out.
Of course, he believes, classroom would be a better place for teaching, but in case of emergency, they managed in best possible way. As he points out, over 95% of classes are performed at full capacity, while a very small number are conditioned by special circumstances, such as music and art education and field teaching in geography.
"We can say that interest of students was highest possible, since we have to be aware that not all students have the opportunity to access online classes, so they dealt with these shortcomings in other way. In addition to Zoom and Moodle platforms, Viber groups, mailing lists, other ways of communication have been established with students in order to provide them with materials that need to be mastered, " Dean Barović said.