The current trend in education is to move away from traditional exams and instead have continuous assessment over the school year.

Traditional

exams

have been decreased among certain demographics of countries. These people claim that tests lead to stress for

students

as

such

are preventable.

However

, arising issues seem to continuously loom over these prospects, which will be discussed below and I will offer my view.

To begin

with, parents are always been wary of raising their children.

Therefore

, present day, the reduction of

exams

at school is a beneficial trend for

students

.

Due to

that,

students

are put under stress by parents for higher scores on an exam. It is evident that, in Sri Lanka, each year more than 10 per cent of

students

are committing suicide for low scores on

exams

specifically at an advanced level by enthusiastic parents.

Overall

,

exams

put a pupil under stress and make them sick.

On the other hand

, the

students

can not gain more

knowledge

from the continuous assessment rather than writing an exam.

Moreover

, a test is important for every student to improve their

knowledge

in every grade. Indeed, there have been some records, that in a sophisticated world, everyone has a mobile phone,

therefore

, they can not put an effort into assessment by themselves.

Consequently

,

knowledge

is limited gradually.

Finally

, continuous assessments are good for learning but they should do that by themselves.

To conclude

, despite the benefits of

exams

, the disadvantages of traditional

exams

trump the advantages in a milestone. In my opinion,

exams

are beneficial for gaining

knowledge

,

however

, too much pressure puts a child's life in danger.