Examination fever of the students is a global concern in our time. Persons associated with the educational institutions all over the world are well aware of it. A great number of young children passes through a period of terror at least twice a year during different examinations conducted by the schools and colleges and other  institutes. The total program goes against the spiritual health of the students and in some cases affects negatively in the development of the personality of the incumbents. This short article is to find out measures that will reduce the examination tension among the students.

In India and in many other countries students have been burdened with huge syllabus. They are to learn endless substances within a short time. Most of the books do not actually assist them and most of the teachers are actually not from the section of the population which loves education and also the children. These teachers do not get any other job and try their fortune in the educational centers. Hence the students do not feel happy when they learn. It will be wiser if the burden of the students is reduced considerably. If right persons are recruited for grooming the students the young children will be saved and benefited.

In the wider part of the world cramming is the unannounced name for learning. The Central Board of Secondary Education in India knows this pretty well. It appears that the board is handicapped. The number of students seeking assistance from the psychological counsellors has been increasing every year. The number of suicides committed by the hapless students has also been rising alarmingly. Experts have been suggesting that the existing system of imparting education should be changed. Still most of the teachers and most of the parents seem to be satisfied with the prevailing condition. Most of the teachers expect that the students should depend mainly on their ability to rot in order to achieve yearly success. This way students are not securing material knowledge.

Learning is a continuous process. Teachers should know this  Parents and teachers should reconsider the reasons for which the total pressure is exerted on the tender mind of the students on the early evening of every examination date. These old people may happily remember the pleasant days of their own childhood when they were not allowed to touch the books on the day before an examination.

It is the task of the teachers to learn why some children do not pay attention in the class despite their best efforts. Socio-economic conditions shape the behavioral pattern of the children. It should be searched also if the children are in good health. The children must get adequate protein in their food and they must drink sufficient water and they must sleep at least nine hours a day. Such problems must be addressed properly and must be essayed to be solved taking time-bound steps.

Children should not be bound by series of home tasks and tasks to copying pages after pages from the text books. The students are not asked to comprehend and learn and represent as they can. In almost all cases the teachers give notes and ask the students to rot. This is absolutely boring. The task of the teachers is to build up confidence among the students. The students will do the rest.

Our consideration towards the practice of examination must be changed. In other words the attitude towards imparting education must be changed. What is the purpose of providing education to the children? Is it simply to build up a working force for the state to which the children belong by birth? A vision is urgently needed, a vision needed to continue the stream of knowledge in order to dig out more and more treasure of truth for everyone’s benefit.