Assess but not stress!
By: Syeda Ariba
Tags: Pandemic, Amal Fellowship, Amal Academy, Students

Assess but not stress!

“Empathy is the medicine the world needs”- Judith Orloff

Reread this quote and take a minute to understand it. This is the time we can understand this quote better than ever.

We as an individual, as a nation, as a human race are all going through this tough pandemic and all we can do for each other is empathize at this time. It’s a core value that one needs to take account of. One way to do it is to understand the difficulties and problems of others and put yourself in their shoes.

Undoubtedly, this pandemic has been miserable for all of us. Whether it be elders or youngers, teachers or students, parents or children, we all have gone through a tough time. But I empathize the most with the students at this time. They are the pillars of our society and due to the chaos their education has been affected the most. I personally have seen a lot of students who have no idea what their future is going to be they aren’t even sure of which path to take. and the worst thing is they are now also getting deviated from their studies and are losing attention hence I wanted to find a way such that I can help them in directing towards their goal and motivate them.

I being a student can feel the peer pressure each student has on him even at normal situations. Due to this pandemic every student has now to take online classes and most of the students don’t even take the online session due to the unavailability of gadgets or internet connection hence they are missing so much stuff and guidance.

One of the major issues I realized when interviewing a few kids of higher secondary classes was the mismanagement and unfair examinations. Almost all the students don’t take online assessments seriously and have to cheat for the sake of marks and grades. The teachers are also not used to such assessment systems and the markings done don’t prove to be helpful for the students.

Hence, considering the above situation I thought of an idea. When I recalled my time, when I was doing intermediate, I used to take different tests that were not marked and had nothing to do with my grades just so that I can improve and someone can point my mistakes out so that I won’t make these mistakes in my exams. So, I thought of a solution and of taking an initiative. I plan on making a platform for the students where I can prepare mock tests for them according to their grades and syllabus on the same pattern as of the board and ask my teachers, professors and somewhat to my own understanding to assess their responses. A proper feedback will be given to them. Each exam will be virtually invigilated and proper attention will be given to each student within strict time limits.

Conclusively, This idea will help students (especially the ones having their board exams this year) to realize how much they have prepared and how much more they need to. They will also be participating in it for the sake of their improvement as they won’t have the pressure of doing the exam correct and cheat as their tests won’t be graded but only the feedback will be given so that they can perform well in their final board exams. I really wish all of them a very good luck and hope we all get past this situation safely and soundly. Amen.