Too much emphasis is placed on testing these days. The need to prepare for tests and examinations is a restriction on teachers and also exerts unnecessary pressure on young learners. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

We are in the age where there are exams for everything. And to support the preparation for these exams, there are personal tutors and hundreds of coaching classes ready with practice tests to help assist in preparing for these exams. In my opinion, I do agree that too much emphasis on exams is very

grueling

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gruelling

for young learners and sets the wrong mindset for approaching learning for the coming years. As research shows, young minds have the capacity to absorb a lot more than their aged counterparts.

Hence

, educational bodies must focus on maximizing benefits by using practical ways of learning than taking to bookish approaches. When children are taught with real life applications, they tend to not only learn the

theory but

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theory, but

also

gain

understanding

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an understanding

of its application more effectively.

This

approach ensures learning of a greater quality without the need of unnecessary classroom tests or exhaustive exams.

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, too much importance placed on exams is a burden for parents as well. Parents have the added worry to ensure students perform well in the conformed requirements of the test even though their children might be very bright. The issue with having exams is that the learning is tested in a very rigid format that may not necessarily be the most productive way to test knowledge for our young. But having standard exams for all

forces all

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forces, all

children to think alike and thereby get entered in an unfair competition to constantly prove themselves from a very early on. Exams are even harder

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students preparing for the exams.

Firstly

, there is a lot of expectation to perform well against their peers, leading to anxiety and peer pressure from a very young age.

Secondly

, too much pressure takes away the purpose of effective learning and takes away the childhood from our young learners. It is very important that learning be presented in a way

that is

digestible and applicable to a young one to reap actual benefits.

In addition

, there is external help available today in the form of test preparation

centers

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

centres

and home coaches which parents readily

enroll

register formally as a participant or member

enrol

their students in to ensure good marks which take away even more time

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children that they could have indulged in something more creative like arts or sports. Having stated that, I do feel that after a certain level, exams do

however become

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however, become

more applicable to ensure students have strong basics and some subjects are more suited for having exams compared to others. Overall, I do believe that our education systems could improve to enrich the early years of our young learners for more stress free learning.