AMMAN — On Saturday morning, Jordan’s Arabic
Tawjihi exam
(general secondary education certificate examination) left some students frustrated and others
satisfied.
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“I felt that today’s
Arabic exam was neither difficult nor easy. It was reasonable. I felt like I
was well-prepared. Many of my peers didn’t have enough time to review their
answers by the end of the exam, though,” student Mahmoud Abuali told
Jordan
News on Saturday.
“In my
opinion, the exam was too long, and it should have been structured differently,”
he said. “Compared to other exams, however, the Arabic exam was easy.”
In an interview with
Jordan News, Amin Rafiq, a Tawjihi
teacher with a PhD in Arabic, contended that the “majority of the questions
came directly from the book, and the ones that didn’t required some skill from
the student, which is normal in Tawjihi exams. Students that fully depend on
memorization rather than understanding will face difficulties during the exam.”
Rafiq added
that students were particularly dissatisfied with the essay question.
“Among the 50
questions, the third question may have caused some confusion. Error correction
questions also required much focus and skill and may have been difficult for
many,” Rafiq said.
Fawzi Faheem, author
of the Tawjihi curricula on Arabic grammar and morphology, said in an interview
with Jordan News that Saturday’s exam “must not be compared to previous Arabic
Tawjihi exams.”
“Some
questions required critical thinking and didn’t depend fully on the preparation
of the student for the exam. Furthermore, page three of the exam contains a
question that requires the overall understanding of the text, and this applies
to many other questions,” said Faheem.
Tawjihi exams, which mark the end of high school for
Jordanian students and are a determining factor in college acceptances, will
take place on June 24 and conclude on July 15.
According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of
Education, 207,280 students are taking the exams this year at 838 testing
centers.
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