IT WAS CHANAKYA FROM INDIA WHO FIRST INTRODUCED THE EXAM SYSTEM TO THE WORLD COUNTRIES. CHANAKYA WAS A SCHOLAR IN SANSKRIT AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. HE WAS THE CHIEF ADVISER OF THE ROYAL COURT OF CHANDRAGUPTA PERIOD.HE WAS THE TEACHER OF ASHOKA. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE NALANDA UNIVERSITY IN INDIA WHICH WAS SITUATED IN BIHAR THAT TIME.

HE INTRODUCE THE SYSTEM OF ENTRANCE EXAMS AND INTERNAL EXAMS IN NALANDA. CHANAKYA WAS VERY MUCH FAR SIGHTED. HE ALSO GAVE STUDENTS THE LIBERTY OF GAINING EDUCATION OF WHATEVER THEY WISHED TO. THERE WERE MANY SUBJECTS LIKE BOTANY,ASTRONOMY,ZOOLOGY,BIOLOGY,POLITICS,MATHEMATICS,LANGUAGES LIKE SANSKRIT,ARABIC AND PERSIAN MAINLY,GEOGRAPHY,HISTORY,ECONOMICS,LITERATURE,AND MANY OTHER SUBJECTS.AND THIS UNIVERSITY WAS VERY FAMOUS,MANY FOREIGNERS USED TO COME HERE TO STUDY.ADMISSION AND ENTRANCE EXAMS WERE VERY TOUGH AND ONLY THE DESERVING AND INTELLIGENT GOT A PRIVILEGE TO ATTAIN EDUCATION.THESE FOREIGNERS INCLUDED EUROPEANS ALSO, SO THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES AND SPREAD CHANAKYA’S IDEAS TO THE WHOLE WORLD.