Students and parents consider the Achievement Test unnecessary

The Achievement Test, which about 23 ninth-grade students took on Friday, is unnecessary, said representatives of the Parents' Council. According to them, admission to upper secondary education should be based on the results students show from fifth to ninth grades.

Some of the ninth-grade students who took the Achievement Test on Friday said that it does not help them navigate secondary education, but rather sees it as a burden and a waste of time.

They said that preparations for the test, in addition to regular school obligations and exams throughout the year, have added pressure on the eve of enrollment in the upper secondary cycle.

"It seemed a little difficult to us, because we had school lessons, then we were constantly studying for the Achievement Test. It was difficult," declared a high school senior.

"A little burdensome, yes, but a waste of time, because we also had tests at school," said another high school senior.

Some students also considered the process unfair, saying that the conditions and level of control were not the same in all testing centers.

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"It's a bit unfair because we didn't have the opportunity to copy, because we had a difficult teacher, and maybe the others had the opportunity," said a high school senior.

Months ago, the Parents' Council submitted a request to the Ministry of Education to abolish the Achievement Test.

The Vice President of this Council, Linda Dula-Halilabazi, has listed the main reasons for the request.

"The increased workload for students at the end of the lower secondary education cycle, the discrepancy between test results and the real performance of students during their school years, the increased stress for students at a critical stage of their hormonal development, the existence of internal assessment in schools on a continuous basis, which can provide a more complete and more realistic picture over the years, than a single test that is carried out in one day in all subjects for several years," said Dula-Halilabazi.

She added that parents have requested that after the removal of the Achievement Test, the admission of students to upper secondary schools be based 50 percent on the student's overall success from sixth to ninth grade, and 50 percent on the success the student has shown in specific subjects according to the school to which they apply.

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Despite the requests, the Ministry of Education has decided that the Achievement Test will be held again this year, while warning that the issue will be reviewed for next year.

This year, around 23 students across Kosovo took the test. Once again, its content and answers were published on social media.