Removal of Mid-Year Exams in Singapore

Note the opposing views (i.e. rebuttal) in this pair of links

1) Voices of Youth: Survey students to see if removal of mid-year exams reduces stress

The removal of mid-year exams also results in many students cramming a whole year’s worth of work into the one or two months preceding the end-of-year exams, rather than spreading out the workload across the year as they would when there are mid-year exams. That does not reduce the academic stress students experience; it only delays it. It could even exacerbate the problem.

2) Forum: Aim of removing mid-year exams is to strengthen students’ intrinsic motivation to learn

The removal of mid-year examinations is not intended to reduce stress per se, as the causes of stress are multi-faceted. It is aimed at freeing up time to pace out learning and support the use of more varied learning activities.