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Formal examination has become the most common way to assessing a student's performance. Do you think it's a positive or negative development, in your view?

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Around the world, many students are getting education in schools or colleges and they have to go through a formal
examination
. Now the burning question arises "Is the formal
examination
 leading in a positive or negative direction?". In
this
 essay we will discuss why the formal
pattern
 of
examination
 is a negative development. Since
last
 so many decades we
are followin
Suggestion
have been following
have followed
g traditional method to assess the academic learning of students. The reason we are using
this
 type of
exam
 is easy to conduct and easy to evaluate a large number of studying kids. But judging all the students on the same basis is totally unfair as some children are good in writing
exam
,
on the other hand
, some are drastically better in a team task or presentation. Even though the formal
pattern
 of exams is quite popular, but it does not bring any innovation in the students, which can be brought by another
pattern
 of assessments like a case study, team task and presentation. As the formal
exam
 is a way to evaluate any
student
's learning, many times it becomes so stressful. Students need to memorise
such
 a long academic course and need to perform in a single 3-4 hours
exam
. Let's have an example of India, where formal
examination
 is the most common way to judge the performance of any child or adult. Only scored marks become a symbol of their success and many hardworking students get depressed when they don't get a desired score. According to a latest survey number of
student
 suicides are increasing due to
this
 pressure. So
this
 formal type of
exam
 is leading to negative development. Every coin has its two sides, same thing come with the traditional
exam
pattern
. In spite of its easiness,
this
exam
 is leading
student
 in stress and unfair environment. So in my opinion formal
examination
 is not the best way to assess ability of any
student
.
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