MPs Serge Torsarkissian and Nadim Gemayel submitted last week a law draft to cancel the Brevet official exams. Their argument is that the certificate no longer matches the development pace of the curriculum in Lebanese schools. I am for cancelling the Brevet exams as long as they are replaced by another type of exam or middle-year programs.
However, the real problem in Lebanon is not with the exam itself but with the widespread cheating during officials exams. When I was presenting my Brevet, I gave everyone in the classroom my answers and took some guy’s paper and did it for him because the instructor “kindly” asked me to. I’m not proud of what I did but I was forced to and we all knew that it was ok to cheat. We weren’t even scared that we’d get caught in the process and I’m sure things have only gotten worse ever since.
This “open-cheating” syndrome is the real problem in our educational system and should have been the primary concern of Lebanese schools and our Education Minister. It is important to understand what motivates students to be dishonest and to punish harshly teachers that encourage them to cheat and commit unethical acts.
What do you mean by “as long as they are replaced by another type of exam or middle-year program”?
Wanted to ask the same question, I mean if they would replace them with another exam, might as well keep them. As said in the article what’s more important to work on is the excessive cheating during those exams.
I mean replacing them with mid-year projects or programs that help develop the students’ skills.
No matter what you are going to try. There is going to be cheating.
If one single student cheated it will still be an unfair advantage of 50,000) peole who didnt
yes with cancelling them an replacing them with an actually useful international exam or accreditation.
When I was at school, the administration was obsessed with recycling that sign that they use once a year that says 100% passing rate in Brevet and Terminal exams. I think by cancelling them, schools get the chance to stop focusing on these stupid exams and teach their students a thing or two outside of their limits!
Against
Brevet official exams are very important