Unnatural expectations of parents from their children in exams

  

Unnatural expectations of parents from their children in exams 

During the exam season in India, parents often pressure their children to achieve high marks in subjects they may not even be interested in or plan to pursue further. This places immense stress on students, who work diligently for weeks on end. When the exam results are finally revealed, various scenarios can unfold.

First, there are students who work exceptionally hard, become the top scorers in their class, and succeed in impressing their parents.

Secondly, there are students who do not achieve high scores, leading their parents to accuse them of not studying or practicing enough.

 Parents often assume that their children did not take the exams seriously or that their understanding of the subject matter is questionable. In such situations, only the student and those who have witnessed the teenager's rigorous study efforts can truly appreciate the extent of their dedication to achieving respectable marks in their exams

% The student was able to score

% The student was not able to score

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The table above displays the exam results of an example student. The student scored 85% of the total marks but did not obtain marks for the remaining 15%. Unfortunately, parents tend to focus on the 15% that the student did not achieve, often overlooking the impressive 85% they did secure.

The current examination system heavily relies on term exams, including midterms and final/annual term exams, which place significant pressure on students. Consequently, many students succumb to this pressure and underperform in the most crucial exams of their academic year. Why don't schools consider adopting a more evenly distributed grading system?

One potential solution is to allow teachers the flexibility to administer surprise tests without prior scheduling. Each subject could still have a total of 100 marks.

 

 However, the marks obtained in the midterm exams could be reduced to a mere 5 

marks on the final report card. The 80 marks from the final exam, combined with the 5 marks from the midterm exam, along with internal assessments and practical (applicable only to sciences), would make up the total 100 marks for each subject.

What if we were to divide these substantial marks, for which students exert so much effort during a 3-hour exam, into two semesters? Each semester could have 50 marks, and teachers could administer multiple mini-exams without prior notice, with the marks from these mini-exams adding up to determine the final report card"

 

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