January Exams: Yes or No?

Its New Year. Celebration and jubilation's. Or if you're a student, January exams, but for one of the last times.

As part of the educational reforms its been decided that January exams along with resits are going to be scrapped at GCSE and AS/A Level. But should January exams be scrapped?

I think not.

The problem at the moment is not that exams are too easy as I hear so often from my parents or people of the older generation in general, but that there is more opportunity to get it right. Therefore, resits should be scrapped. So why get rid of January exams too?

This is ultimately going to mean three hour exams at the end of two years, which considering its fact that our average attention span is around 20 minutes is a stupid idea. There are subjects which require an awful lot of knowledge and understanding of that subject that simply can't be crammed into one exam at the end of two years. January exams aren't whats making exams 'easy'. Its the ability to retake the exams as many times as you like as long as you pay a small fee.

Good luck to anyone taking exams this January, (if your in sixth form/college just make sure you don't have to retake the year!)