The pressure associated with passing an exam is too high, considering that teachers and parents are pushing their children to be successful in their exams. In most cases, when one fails, they are abused and despised instead of being encouraged, thereby making a student lose morale in trying to find meaning in an exam. In fact, they may start seeing exams as a routine that they must pass through, knowing that they will obviously fail. Some students may become so distressed that they may even commit suicide. This because failing of exams has been greatly associated with the fact that one will also fail in life too (Bemposta Rosende, García García and Escribano Otero …show more content…
When proper examination rules are applied, students may get the best out of exams. Teachers may also have the ability to know that they are either teaching in the proper manner, or that they are simply wasting the time of students. The reward system that is associated with exams is very vital in the sense that it works as a way of motivating the students to work very hard so that they are rewarded for the good work they may have done (Kaplan 5). The students who do not perform well may be encouraged, so that the next time they sit an exam they are able to score more marks than the ones they have gotten. Those who cheat simply because of the pressure associated with passing exams are people who do so for their personal malicious reasons, as the system does not allow cheating. The best performance for each student is relative, as the best mark for a particular student may not be the best for another. Exams bring about equality when it comes to determining the ability of various students (Kaplan