Formal examinations are the only effective way to assess a student's performance. Continual assessment such as course work and projects is not a satisfactory way to do this. Do you agree or disagree?
Examinations have always been a central part of the
assessment
for students
at any level of professional course. In recent times they have become a very important topic of debate. I absolutely disagree that formal examinations are the only effective way to assess a student's performance.The impact on the mental health of students
and this
constant need to score more to be at the top is all but consuming. Students
are not focused to learn and acquire knowledge but have been turned into machines who keep mugging up answers for good grades.
The current education system with the formal examinations where students
mug up stuff and write is very biased towards better memorization skills. This
does not encourage or allow students
to do any research on the topic, read the thesis or even experiment. With this
constant need to get a better grade pointer, all they do is keep writing the same stuff, again and again, to mug it up. While in real-life job situations it would be their knowledge and subject understanding that will help get their work done.Hence
formal examination system needs a rejig.
Secondly
, the formal examination systems only reward the top performers.For example
, an exam where close to 1.5 million students
appear for a 3-hour long test only conducted on a particular day
decides the top 10k people and leave the rest 99% out. This
leads to a lot of pressure on students
to outperform each other leading to mental health and depression issues.This
can be solved if we actually have continuous assessment
wherein the day
to day
performance of an individual is judged. Hence
, the tutors would also
be able to provide constant feedback on improvement.
This
would lead to a more just and fair assessment
. Hence
this
will not put an undue burden on students
to perform on the very last
day
. Here they will get the motivation to get better each day
.In conclusion, the formal examination system needs to be scrapped altogether and robust continuous assessment
should be implemented.Submitted by rushabhsurana147 on
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite