Argument: CCTs should be scrapped

I agree that CCTs (Common Class Tests)should be scrapped. Firstly, a CCT is designed to gauge the knowledge of a subject a student has, and CCTs are taken by students throughout the year so that teachers are able to better understand the student's strengths and weaknesses in that subject.

However, CCTs take up a large amount of time of students as they have to study for CCTs in order to do well. Students will also receive much pressure from parents and teachers as they also want them to excel. Thus, this will lead to the students being stressed before the CCTs as they attempt to cram as much as they can in a bid to ace the CCTs. Furthermore, we have to note that most students take at least nine subjects, and since the CCTs for these nine subjects are usually on consecutive days, this multiplies the stress that they have. The fact that CCTs are taken throughout the year only makes it worse for the students, as they often have to keep studying and revising throughout the year, and this increases their stress load. Therefore, if we take into account the students' well-being, we should scrap the CCTs.