Educational Standard and Pressure on Students

Recently we've heard of a student committed suitside after receiving her UPSR result because she didn't obtain what is expected.

Question now is: Are there too much pressure for students nowadays? Where are those excessive pressure come from? Is it really matter if you score straight A's in the public examinations? Are the sandard of these examination still maintain as where it belongs decades ago?

Since two or three years ago, I'd heard from various news channels that this student score 10 A's, that student scored 14 A's, the other score 16 A's in SPM, PMR or any public examinations etc, do these result really mean they are more capable than others? I don't think so. A person can be excel in study but when comes to society, they may be just a ordinary like others because exams is just an exams. Working or society life is more than just study. People have to always live and learnt. Learning is never ending. So why bother to score as many A's as like 14 or 16. During my time in SPM, the maximum subjects could be taken is 10, and during that time not many people can score 10 A1's. It would be excellent if you could score 7 to 8 A1's.

In saying so, I believe today's SPM or PMR exams standard have dropped significantly and educational dept has made it in such a way that it would be a lot easier to score A's so that result looks good every year, but they didn't realise in the drop in standard. Maybe, just maybe this has resulted in the drop of our university's ranking amongst the top university around the world. If educational dept can revert it back to the old systems, I think our general standard of education will improve and subsequently our university standard will revert back to its level same as old days.

Secondly parents nowadays are more emphasising in obtaining marvellous result from their kids, and that directly or indirectly contributed in inserting more pressure for their children. Comparing students now and during our time of studying, we only went for tuition on subjects which we think needed extra guidance or where we are poor at, so we could catch up with other subjects and make it more evenly matched.

In contrast, majority of students now go for tuition classes, whether it is needed or not. They just simply attended tuition class because other attended. Students already studying at school for around 6 hours, and yet they could spend almost the same duration of time on attending tuition classes. Unless school teachers don't do their job properly, or they are incapable to do such job, then we send the kids for tuition class.

By saying this, I would ike to emphasis on the standard of teachers in school nowadays. I believe alot of teachers would just go to school to do what they suppose to do, without putting any extra effort into their job, and then trying to convince student to take up tuition classes to enhance their knowledge. Why? It is because a teacher's salary is isn't enough to sustain today's high living standard anymore, and how to make more money with their capability? Tuition class because it's their expertise in teaching. So children will not learn a lot during school, but from tuition class.

If that's the case, why bother to setting up school here and there, and this problem is still exists. Probably our government need to look into govt servant's welfare and salary structure more carefully. I know this will costs government a lot of money, but if government can stop subsidising unneccessary expenses to unneccessary people, I believe government will have a lot to spare for this matter.

Ou government has spent too much unneccessary money on unneccessary people, and I think it is time for those people to buck up and be counted. You can't depend on government's help all the time, and it is unfair to others who work hard, contributed and subsidising you for your laziness, incapability and irresponsibility senses. Otherwise our government will go burst one day by doing so and our country will not move forward, but only move backwards into the same old pre-independent days.