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Easing Examination Stress

	Good & interesting questions

	exams are not the only way to assess the childs potential. There should be a continuous assessment.

	according to me every exam should be coupled with interview. in the exam creative thinking should be encourged.there should be GDS for every 3months.

	While the examination system cannot be rediculed altogether, the current scenerio nonetheless is not conducive to a healthy development of individuals. What needs to be done is make available opportunites at every stage so that the students do not regard

	As this there is a global change everywhere, things should be changed and made easy for children, so that there is easy scope for the future generation to excel themselves in whatever field they need

	Its a crazy life and we all have to go through the stress of passing. What we need is a set standard and from there if more make it, well good for the whole country. Im doing masters and i know what it means when it comes to examz.

	Exams should be conducted uniformly everywhere and only once in a year...The portions has to be completed atleast 3 or 4 months prior to the exams and thorough revisions has to be done by all the educational institutes...

	Marking process should have a uniform directive to encounter the problem of Biasness

	I feel that the school management can hold a counselling program with the parents to tell them how to improve their childs performance without giving them unnecessary pressure & tension.

	Yes if India has to move forward the examination system needs to be changed and the curse of reservations has to be done away with immediately

	There will always be some stress at examinations but this needs to be handled through feed back on the points above. I feel that during these stressful days in particular a balanced play/study time is essential to keep the mind healthy . The total empha

	The students should be assesed continuosly. then there will not be any pressure when the examinations are nearing. Teachers should see that all the children cope with the syllabus

	STUDIES SHOULD BE MORE APPLICATION ORIENTED RATHER THAN THEORY ORIENTED

	very good survey.But this survey should be represented properly to body of education.

	Students must have their knowledge component and thinking capacity enhanced by education. And testing of these, especially the thinking capacity is important. Also, overall development of personality and morals is major. These exams are like one day ma

	i strongly feel that the education system in our country needs to change.It needs to make a shift from being bookish to practical like the o levels and A levels followed in the United States .

	Proper guidance and necessary information must be given based on the skills, aptitudes or performances by the students during the course by the staff members or by the universities for career development.

	there should be better methods to judge students and their level of standards. schools must prepare students better with model question papers monthly. more practice must be given with solutions to solve the question.teachers are the main source to make

	Good & interesting questions

	exams are not the only way to assess the childs potential. There should be a continuous assessment.

	according to me every exam should be coupled with interview. in the exam creative thinking should be encourged.there should be GDS for every 3months.

	Marking process should have a uniform directive to encounter the problem of Biasness

	The system of having to study for the whole year and have one final exam makes no sense. Its better to have two or three semesters and cover the portion there. More over if Indian system can go from more theory to practicse would also help.

	There should be a continuous assessment of students and a 40% weightage should be given for it.The examination performance should be given a 60% weightage and a minimum of 20-25% marks in exams should be made mandatory.Students should be counselled that e

	Thoroughness of the subjects can not be tested in a examination which runs for three hours only. There should be continuous assessment system, which reduces the stree on students at the time of examininations

	My only opinion is the venue of board exams should be the same school where a student studies. This thing will certainly remove all kinds of apprehensions and stress right away from students. This would make their minds of being writing yet another annu

	when i gave my board exams for 10, SSC &12, HSC (science faculty) ,due to exam pressure i suffered from an eating disorder( i got anorexia). Exams should be such that no student should fail because failure in exams creates pressure and due to todays co

	I have observed that many students wait for the class teached to mark the important Q&A. They are spooned fed that they refuse to study the lesson as a whole. I would suggest that school should give more time to revision, whenever there is free time and

	The children should be given an idea about the correction of the papers and there should be less of project work at the end of the term. All project work should be given at the begining of the tems and more of revision should be done to improve the child

	There should be a lot of revision done by the teachers in the class and less of writing works as all the answers are in the text books and there is no need of coping the same into the note book. This will held the children to interact with the teachers an

	The school/ teachers/ parents should help the students to keep good level of confidence and also encourage them in a systematic way of studies, so that they do not have to take the pressure during exams or at the end of the year.

	exam stress should be minimised.

	stress can be avoided provided one prepares well before exam.

	Annual Average rating / scoring system to be adopted. eg. If three exaams are conducted, then average of three to be considered, so that Stress on students for preparing for the annual exams can be controlled.

	This is a very delicate subject . But children should have some kind of annual assessment after every academic year as that would help them & also the parents to have an idea on the childs abilities. But the education system administrators should be able

	Change of course content from primary to secondary should be gradual.There should be vocational type of education in schools.All types of combination of subjects should be there,students should be encourged to read throughly before exams.

	I feel that the school management can hold a counselling program with the parents to tell them how to improve their childs performance without giving them unnecessary pressure & tension.

	Yes if India has to move forward the examination system needs to be changed and the curse of reservations has to be done away with immediately

	STUDIES SHOULD BE MORE APPLICATION ORIENTED RATHER THAN THEORY ORIENTED

	very good survey.But this survey should be represented properly to body of education.

	Exams should assess thinking abilities and understanding of concepts. The education system should also be moulded in this direction.

	There a great need for a change in the system of evaluation and TEACHING. The concept of education should be changed totally. Teachers are not doing justification to the sacred responsibility they are holding.

	My comments on �Should reservations be abolished?� Yes it has to be abolished or it should depend on economical condition of the student than the cast. It is shame full that our selfish politicians are spoiling the knowledge resource system of our c

	semister method should be introduced

	To avoid copying during examinations in board levels/university level. Study fees to be reduced for higher classes. Regular teaching to students in both schools and colleages to be assessed by competent government authorities.

	Change the system appointments in different fields also in the field of selcting only engg, medical just like cricket dont give for one field appentunity in to earn more money in all sections.

	Exams are just the begining of life. One has to face exams (tests) everyday and every minute in professional and personal life. Exams teach us how to prepare and cope up with stress. People who wanna run away from exams, will try to run away from stress a

	The worst aspects of our education system are marking by key words that totally suppress any creativity and original thaught.The relevance of the courses offered also leave a lot to be desired. Knowledge has exploded but the limits of a human minds abilit

	Barring languages, India should have uniform pattern of syllabi, pattern, exam system, etc for all subjects. This will result in state barriers for school children.

	Continuos assesment is necessary.4 no of exams for 2years.Grading is better.5 marks slab can be one grade.Admission to all engineering and medical college can be based on the same assesment.

	yes system should be change

	exam evluation should be comprehensive and concurrent.semestration should be introduced from school educattion

	Rather than abolishing the importance of exams we can conduct preparatory exams & based on that result we have to do pre examination counselling & give feed back for both students & parents regarding the scope for improvement.This might reduce stress to c

	examinations should be taken as an opportunity to proove self worth and parents should act as a supervisor to his child whether his/his child consistently gives quality time to his studies or not.

	The present system of grading based on a single annual exam ,as we all know has lived its life . For the new gen we have to work out new methods of evaluation .Experts should sit together ,check with the systems in other countries and a suitable method to

	Emphasis should be given on continuous assesment and general aptitude. Epmhasis can also be given to creative, original thinking and project work. One can have SAT type general aptitude exams after Class 12 which are based on overall aptitude rather than

	pRE-EXAMINATION COUNSELLING SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY NOT FOR HIGHER CLASS LIKE 10T OR 12TH BUT IT SHOULD BE ADOPTED AT EARLY CLASSES.

	Students should be taught how to go about their preparations. They should understand the subject matter before answering the questions. This has a lasting effect on the memory.

	student Assessment system must be revised in such a way that it will MIRROR the studentsability,skills and the degree of his UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SUBJECT. positive thinking helps every one to face stressful situation.

	There be a continuous system of students assessments,pre-examination counselling be mandatory in all schools.Firstly parents should be counselled properly for no pressure & expectancy zone for thier childrens comparision among each other. Let the student

	To improve our education system we should start grading system for class Xth class boared exams and traditional system for XIIth class. This will help to ease stress for students at 10th standard & will have stressfree introduction to the boared exams an

	Examinations procedures should b changed

	Well I strongly feel tat to face the challenges of life we should undertake yearly tests as the true calibre of a person can only be ascertained under pressure. But this should not undermine the importance of regular tests as continous evaluation is testi

	Education for all. Semester system should be implemented. Students must have a counsellor and/or mentor who can help them to choose a career appropriate to their core competency. No field of education should be over hyped or underestimated by any system o

	there is too much pressure to perform well in exams. i dont think it deserves so much importance.

	Exams should assess thinking abilities and understanding of concepts. The education system should also be moulded in this direction.

	Students should be taught how to go about their preparations. They should understand the subject matter before answering the questions. This has a lasting effect on the memory.

	Academic curriculam should be not only based on the study materials given during the year. But, it should be based on G.K. Current affairs, Sports and other activities taking place in the world. To cope up with the reality, technical education together w

	Most of the students start concentrating before a week the exam starts,but if they are instantly are in touch with the subjects their stress will be reduced both from the parent and the internal stress.

	->yes ->no(bcaz attitude we are not considering ) ->for bpl families it shouid be there and people above the prescribed salary by the authority it should be abolished) ->yes ->yes preferably omr marking be used

	Present Exam system do not judge the proper intigence of a student It is marks oriented those who can mug the gets good marks. It is important to assess a student on continuous basis and over all performance

	The reservation system though tough to abolish may be modified based on merit cum means basis. Getting seats in professional courses purely on basis of caste or community should be abolished in toto.Atrocities committed on backward classes ages ago should

	Since i am a student i feel that the syllabus is too much .So some lessons should be reduced and practiclal examinations should carry more marks then written examinations .

	While the examination system cannot be rediculed altogether, the current scenerio nonetheless is not conducive to a healthy development of individuals. What needs to be done is make available opportunites at every stage so that the students do not regard

	As this there is a global change everywhere, things should be changed and made easy for children, so that there is easy scope for the future generation to excel themselves in whatever field they need

	Its a crazy life and we all have to go through the stress of passing. What we need is a set standard and from there if more make it, well good for the whole country. Im doing masters and i know what it means when it comes to examz.

	Exams should be conducted uniformly everywhere and only once in a year...The portions has to be completed atleast 3 or 4 months prior to the exams and thorough revisions has to be done by all the educational institutes...

	There will always be some stress at examinations but this needs to be handled through feed back on the points above. I feel that during these stressful days in particular a balanced play/study time is essential to keep the mind healthy . The total empha

	The students should be assesed continuosly. then there will not be any pressure when the examinations are nearing. Teachers should see that all the children cope with the syllabus

	Students must have their knowledge component and thinking capacity enhanced by education. And testing of these, especially the thinking capacity is important. Also, overall development of personality and morals is major. These exams are like one day ma

	i strongly feel that the education system in our country needs to change.It needs to make a shift from being bookish to practical like the o levels and A levels followed in the United States .

	Proper guidance and necessary information must be given based on the skills, aptitudes or performances by the students during the course by the staff members or by the universities for career development.

	there should be better methods to judge students and their level of standards. schools must prepare students better with model question papers monthly. more practice must be given with solutions to solve the question.teachers are the main source to make

	The system of having to study for the whole year and have one final exam makes no sense. Its better to have two or three semesters and cover the portion there. More over if Indian system can go from more theory to practicse would also help.

	There should be a continuous assessment of students and a 40% weightage should be given for it.The examination performance should be given a 60% weightage and a minimum of 20-25% marks in exams should be made mandatory.Students should be counselled that e

	Thoroughness of the subjects can not be tested in a examination which runs for three hours only. There should be continuous assessment system, which reduces the stree on students at the time of examininations

	My only opinion is the venue of board exams should be the same school where a student studies. This thing will certainly remove all kinds of apprehensions and stress right away from students. This would make their minds of being writing yet another annu

	when i gave my board exams for 10, SSC &12, HSC (science faculty) ,due to exam pressure i suffered from an eating disorder( i got anorexia). Exams should be such that no student should fail because failure in exams creates pressure and due to todays co

	I have observed that many students wait for the class teached to mark the important Q&A. They are spooned fed that they refuse to study the lesson as a whole. I would suggest that school should give more time to revision, whenever there is free time and

	The children should be given an idea about the correction of the papers and there should be less of project work at the end of the term. All project work should be given at the begining of the tems and more of revision should be done to improve the child

	There should be a lot of revision done by the teachers in the class and less of writing works as all the answers are in the text books and there is no need of coping the same into the note book. This will held the children to interact with the teachers an

	The school/ teachers/ parents should help the students to keep good level of confidence and also encourage them in a systematic way of studies, so that they do not have to take the pressure during exams or at the end of the year.

	exam stress should be minimised.

	stress can be avoided provided one prepares well before exam.

	Annual Average rating / scoring system to be adopted. eg. If three exaams are conducted, then average of three to be considered, so that Stress on students for preparing for the annual exams can be controlled.

	This is a very delicate subject . But children should have some kind of annual assessment after every academic year as that would help them & also the parents to have an idea on the childs abilities. But the education system administrators should be able

	Change of course content from primary to secondary should be gradual.There should be vocational type of education in schools.All types of combination of subjects should be there,students should be encourged to read throughly before exams.

	There a great need for a change in the system of evaluation and TEACHING. The concept of education should be changed totally. Teachers are not doing justification to the sacred responsibility they are holding.

	My comments on �Should reservations be abolished?� Yes it has to be abolished or it should depend on economical condition of the student than the cast. It is shame full that our selfish politicians are spoiling the knowledge resource system of our c

	semister method should be introduced

	To avoid copying during examinations in board levels/university level. Study fees to be reduced for higher classes. Regular teaching to students in both schools and colleages to be assessed by competent government authorities.

	Change the system appointments in different fields also in the field of selcting only engg, medical just like cricket dont give for one field appentunity in to earn more money in all sections.

	Barring languages, India should have uniform pattern of syllabi, pattern, exam system, etc for all subjects. This will result in state barriers for school children.

	yes system should be change

	exam evluation should be comprehensive and concurrent.semestration should be introduced from school educattion

	pRE-EXAMINATION COUNSELLING SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY NOT FOR HIGHER CLASS LIKE 10T OR 12TH BUT IT SHOULD BE ADOPTED AT EARLY CLASSES.

	Examinations procedures should b changed

	there is too much pressure to perform well in exams. i dont think it deserves so much importance.

	Exams are just the begining of life. One has to face exams (tests) everyday and every minute in professional and personal life. Exams teach us how to prepare and cope up with stress. People who wanna run away from exams, will try to run away from stress a

	The worst aspects of our education system are marking by key words that totally suppress any creativity and original thaught.The relevance of the courses offered also leave a lot to be desired. Knowledge has exploded but the limits of a human minds abilit

	Continuos assesment is necessary.4 no of exams for 2years.Grading is better.5 marks slab can be one grade.Admission to all engineering and medical college can be based on the same assesment.

	Rather than abolishing the importance of exams we can conduct preparatory exams & based on that result we have to do pre examination counselling & give feed back for both students & parents regarding the scope for improvement.This might reduce stress to c

	examinations should be taken as an opportunity to proove self worth and parents should act as a supervisor to his child whether his/his child consistently gives quality time to his studies or not.

	The present system of grading based on a single annual exam ,as we all know has lived its life . For the new gen we have to work out new methods of evaluation .Experts should sit together ,check with the systems in other countries and a suitable method to

	Emphasis should be given on continuous assesment and general aptitude. Epmhasis can also be given to creative, original thinking and project work. One can have SAT type general aptitude exams after Class 12 which are based on overall aptitude rather than

	student Assessment system must be revised in such a way that it will MIRROR the studentsability,skills and the degree of his UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SUBJECT. positive thinking helps every one to face stressful situation.

	There be a continuous system of students assessments,pre-examination counselling be mandatory in all schools.Firstly parents should be counselled properly for no pressure & expectancy zone for thier childrens comparision among each other. Let the student

	To improve our education system we should start grading system for class Xth class boared exams and traditional system for XIIth class. This will help to ease stress for students at 10th standard & will have stressfree introduction to the boared exams an

	Well I strongly feel tat to face the challenges of life we should undertake yearly tests as the true calibre of a person can only be ascertained under pressure. But this should not undermine the importance of regular tests as continous evaluation is testi

	Education for all. Semester system should be implemented. Students must have a counsellor and/or mentor who can help them to choose a career appropriate to their core competency. No field of education should be over hyped or underestimated by any system o

	Academic curriculam should be not only based on the study materials given during the year. But, it should be based on G.K. Current affairs, Sports and other activities taking place in the world. To cope up with the reality, technical education together w

	Most of the students start concentrating before a week the exam starts,but if they are instantly are in touch with the subjects their stress will be reduced both from the parent and the internal stress.

	->yes ->no(bcaz attitude we are not considering ) ->for bpl families it shouid be there and people above the prescribed salary by the authority it should be abolished) ->yes ->yes preferably omr marking be used

	Present Exam system do not judge the proper intigence of a student It is marks oriented those who can mug the gets good marks. It is important to assess a student on continuous basis and over all performance

	The reservation system though tough to abolish may be modified based on merit cum means basis. Getting seats in professional courses purely on basis of caste or community should be abolished in toto.Atrocities committed on backward classes ages ago should

	Since i am a student i feel that the syllabus is too much .So some lessons should be reduced and practiclal examinations should carry more marks then written examinations .

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