Question: In order to prevent Covid-19 pandemic from spreading, many extreme measures have been taken such as quarantine, isolation, social distancing, which had significant impacts on different sectors, especially education due to school closure. In such a context, many people suggest that GCSE exam should be abolished to relieve the burden on students and the whole society. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this suggestion. What is your opinion?

Amidst the

coronavirus

pandemic, a wide range of crackdowns

such

as quarantine, isolation and social distancing has been applied so as to halt the virus’s spread,

thus

exerting significant influences on various sectors, typically education

as a result

of

school closure

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school closures

a school closure

. There are suggestions that the annual

GCSE

examination should be abolished to ease the

presssure

the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

pressure

pressures

over students and the whole society. While some downsides might be associated with

this

idea, I believe that the upside is still worth taking into account. On the one hand, the suggestion appears to be disadvantageous to some certain extent. The main shortcoming is that the educational system may not be flexible enough to come up with other vehicles for

graduation but

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graduation, but

the

GCSE

exam

if

this

were to be eliminated. As in a range of countries,

such

paper-delivering exams as the

GCSE

have always been the main means for

graduation

, there are hardly any other methods for evaluating the students’ overall ability to substitute for it,

therefore

rendering it much harder to single out excellent graduates if

this

type of

exam

is abolished.

Furthermore

, even

such

abolition can deteriorate the stress and confusion over students rather than alleviate them. As students has been faced with too much chaos caused by the virus,

such

a sudden change could worsen the situation for those who have been preparing for three consecutive years just to get the most out of

this

GCSE

exam

.

On the other hand

, I believe that the advantages of

this

abolition are still of greater significance.

First

and foremost, safety from viral infection is the top priority during the pandemic.

Accordingly

, as long as activities which require large-scale gatherings

such

as the

GCSE

exam

are cancelled, cross infection will be less likely to happen.

Secondly

, the abolition of

GCSE

exam

may provide the

educational

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education

department with opportunities to come up with new methods for

graduation

which would need no gathering while still bring out the most proper results.

Such

rennovations

a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

innovations

can

then

applied

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apply

permanently in the future as the main assessment for students’

graduation

.

Moreover

, the amount of

money which

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money, which

is usually allocated to organizing the

exam

can now be used for other essential sectors

such

as the economy, health services and the like. By doing

this

, a nation’s fight against the

coronavirus

could be

strengthen

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strengthened

substantially

on

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in

the long run. In conclusion, while it seems to me that abolishing the

GCSE

exam

may bring about certain drawbacks, these are still outweighed by the undeniable benefits.