Introduction
Some people
attribute the students’ low performance at school to several different causes
like, social media, working parents, poverty, bullying, unskilled teachers, conventional
teaching and learning approaches, family problems, no assistance at home, absenteeism
and so on, but all these are only the tip of the iceberg. The real reason however
is somewhere within this medley of causes. Our concern here is simple, how come
the students perform poorly at school, yet they get high grades?!
Logically, it is unconceivable that a poor learner gets excellent
grades and then be applauded and rewarded. This is an ironic situation, isn’t
it? But unfortunately this is what happens in reality. The students are killing
themselves to get good marks regardless of what they have achieved as learners.
The standard of mastery in any school subject doesn’t permit high grades unless
there is talent, concentration and perfection. Brilliant students cannot be
distinguished now that even low efficient students can get high marks which can
generally be ill-gotten.
The
students nowadays are so fervent to get the best grades that would meet the
requirements of institutes of eminence.
They don’t care about what they are capable of but only about having the
necessary grades allowing them to access those high standard schools. The
result is that some students do their utmost to get excellent marks regardless
of the means. The inflation of grades has harmed learning and proficiency so
much.
School
needs to evaluate the students in terms of their abilities to assimilate, use,
reuse and reprocess the information they get at school using their critical
thinking problem solving and creativity skills. Not just repeating the lessons
they have imbibed during the term. Thus, only intelligent, assiduous and committed
students can manifest their skills, competencies and merit. In this case, the
students, for the most part, will change their perception of learning and can
draw a line between their schooling and their education.
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