Importance Of VCE Exams

Victorian High Schools Should Repeal VCE Exams

High school students face a stressful and strenuous time and are challenged by the vigorous preparation for VCE exams. The ‘do or die’ VCE exams students face is a crisis time for them, instead of thinking about their graduation. Expecting students to take these exams is unfair due to its numerous reasons of unfairness and should not take place. The Victorian school board should repeal these exams.

Students do not learn in the same way, they are individuals. Thankfully for society, students bring to schools all kinds of intellect. Some students excel academically, others are artistic talents and others have vocational talents that VCE exams do not take into consideration or measure.

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Assessment should be continual throughout the high school years with a preparation for further education in the student’s chosen subject areas and gain support for employment readiness. After all, if students by year 11/12 haven’t prepared themselves, the chances are most won’t be prepared for further education. Those who procrastinate when they have homework will possibly procrastinate in Tafe or university as well. Students tend to carry on their habits, good or bad, when they go for further

More importantly, lowers a student’s emotional well- being and can unfairly create problems in the life chances of students. I recommend an alternative to all these issues that puts an end to these unfair exams. We must remember that teachers observe daily student accomplishments. They are the ones who are trained to determine whether a student should pass or fail, repeat or graduate. I can attest that these VCE exams cause stress that no high school student should have to face. I call upon the Victorian school board officials and policy-makers to repeal the VCE exams and the rules that hold significant consequences to Atar scores and allow teachers to take on the responsibility of continual grading throughout the year.

As it was the responsibility of Orwell, who failed to stand up for what was right when he stated, "It was perfectly clear to me what I ought to do,"(128) it is the officials ' responsibility to not neglect or fail the students and do what is correct and fair. After all, our goal is not higher test scores, but powerful and increased