There are recently debates on whether schools should implement examinations or rule them out. For those who support the ruling out of examinations,they feel that by ruling out the examinations, the students will be more interested in studying and will not feel so stress. Moreover, they will study independently on the subjects they like.
For people who do not support ruling out examinations, they feel that examinations have an important role to play in a student's life. Examinations is the only way to assess the student's work. I believe in this too. If there were no examinations for the Primary ones and twos, how would they be able to cope in the actual examinations when they study in Primary three? The students can only learn the format of the examinations when they are in Primary three. Furthermore they might make mistakes in the examinations and thus perform badly. Whether a student takes or does not take examinations when they are at lower primary, they will still have to sit for the PSLE. Therefore, isn't it better to let the students understand examinations earlier? Besides, it IS better to let a child learn what is "pressure" at an earlier stage. In this way, the students will learn how to cope with the pressure.
Concluding this post, examinations are good and useful for the students in the long run.
For people who do not support ruling out examinations, they feel that examinations have an important role to play in a student's life. Examinations is the only way to assess the student's work. I believe in this too. If there were no examinations for the Primary ones and twos, how would they be able to cope in the actual examinations when they study in Primary three? The students can only learn the format of the examinations when they are in Primary three. Furthermore they might make mistakes in the examinations and thus perform badly. Whether a student takes or does not take examinations when they are at lower primary, they will still have to sit for the PSLE. Therefore, isn't it better to let the students understand examinations earlier? Besides, it IS better to let a child learn what is "pressure" at an earlier stage. In this way, the students will learn how to cope with the pressure.
Concluding this post, examinations are good and useful for the students in the long run.
Information from: The Sunday Times, 1 February 2009
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