Exam is the word that most students fear off. They are part of school and university life that all students have to go through. However, there is a dispute whether the exams are the best way of assessing students or they are just useless and time consuming process.
The ministry of education believes that examinations are needed for teachers to get a feedback from their students’ level of /progress/ development. Moreover, most teachers claim that exams are a guide to let students decide which subjects they are good at and understand where their lapses are and try to correct them. In addition, when it comes to exams people compete with not only themselves, but also with other people. Their main aim is to develop the competitiveness skill which plays a major role in real life.
On the other side of the argument, it is considered that the ordeal of examinations causes great fear, tension and stress in pupils’ mind. The process of performing well is so much that if the student has not studied up to the required standards, he/she may even uses unfair means in the exam hall such as trying to copy the answers from a near student in order to get a better mark. Additionally, the exams turn into first and the foremost aspect in a student’s life which gives rise to social life distraction.
Pupils also sacrifice sleep and free time which leads to a multitude of serious health problems.
Going further, most students suffer from insomnia and are drained of energy but they still cannot put an end to the studying process. Due to the above appalling consequences from the examinations pupils’ daily life turns into an unpleasant routine.
As a conclusion, I do believe that examinations should definitely be abolished because it is a matter of luck rather than learnt skills to pass them. Moreover, there are a lot more effective ways of assessing students such as projects, self-assessment questionnaires as well as portfolios.
Mary Prashkova
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