Replacing exams with research papers: chronicles of a higher education institution (HEI) amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Exam administration during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a challenge for most schools. This paper aims to document the experience of a business school in a developing country context.

This paper is conceptual in its approach highlighting how exam administration was handled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notably, exams were replaced by research assessments. This paper presents best practices and lessons learnt in this domain.

This practice paper represents one of the few research studies that highlighted the mechanisms underlying the replacement of exams with research projects during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.