AMMAN
— The Tawjihi exams, (general secondary education certificate examination), finally came to an
end on Thursday. After a long and difficult year of online learning, students told
Jordan News that they were frustrated with the exams’ difficulty.
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The
exam was “very difficult”, according to Tarek Al-Dakrouk, a student at
Al-Sadara School.
“The
questions contradicted the words of the
Minister of Education, who said that
they would be from the textbook and previous years’ (exams), but unfortunately
even the easy questions required a very long solution,” he said. He added that
he received financial support from his brother and mother to help him purchase
internet to use the e-learning platform.
“My
advice to the students of the coming year is to understand the materials well
and not to rely on memorization,” said Dakrouk. “It's possible that a student`s
dream of studying medicine will be lost due to unclear methodology for the examination
from the ministry.”
“The
questions were a little difficult,” said Maria Nassar, a student at Khadem
Alharamin Alsharefeen School, in an interview with
Jordan News. “Sometimes
there were questions outside the syllabus or from deleted lessons. They let us
down in some subjects like English.”
“I
felt a great achievement that I was able to pass this stage and I felt the size
of the responsibility that I had. I am happy no matter what my result is,
because I know very well the amount of psychological, physical, and emotional
fatigue that I faced,” she said. “I did not rely on the e-learning platform
during my study and they did not mention any of the platform`s questions in the
exams.”
For
Nassar, as for many students, the past year of online learning made the exam
more difficult. “There is a big difference between the students who studied
with face-to-face education and the students who have taken e-learning,” she
said.
The
students who took in-person classes or could “ask their teacher any question
they don’t understand at the same moment, and also take some tests to review
their information with their teacher,” she added.
The
students that used e-learning platforms or “social networking sites such as
Facebook and YouTube (for information)” were left out, because not all lessons
are explained on YouTube, she said.
“I
have not received any psychological or financial support. I was alone almost
all this year alone,” said the student. “During this period, I got thinner and
pimples appeared on my face because of the psychological exhaustion I am in.”
Current
students aren’t the only ones frustrated with the final examinations. On
Friday, economic expert, vice chair, and CEO of the Alia Group, and founder of
the “Made in Jordan” campaign, Musa Saket took to Twitter to criticize the
exams. He wrote that “outdated methods will kill creativity” and called for the
format of the exam to be updated.
“It
is not reasonable to shorten 12 years into one exam, especially since the
evaluation must be for a full 12 years,” he said.
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