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It is middle of May now. That means the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination and Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination will come to the end soon. However, what students and other can get from attaining these public exams?

Students may get an offer in university or secondary six. However, they may also get great pressure. Besides, they may be disappointed because their, like drawing and music, may be not approved by exams. Anyway, attaining public exam must be an unforgettable experience.

It seems that the Hong Kong educational system cannot fulfill people wants. Firstly, the system is too examination-orientated. In current educational system, primary school students need good academic result to enter a good or EMI secondary school; secondary school students need to use their public examination result to enter a good university,

Besides, in recent years, the educational system shift to a more interactive way which require students to do many group projects, study outside classroom, presentation, etc. No matter students pay how many efforts on these activities, academic result is still the main course of our educational system.

We can see that, actually, there is a contradiction. On one hard, people want the next generation become an all-rounder. On the other hand, people, including employers and university interviewers, usually only focus on the examination result of students.

But, using the exam result to distinguish good students and the bad one may not be fair enough. Some university graduates are complained by their employers because they finish their job poorly. That means some qualities like communication skills and sense of responsibility can not be determined by exams.

The aim of education should be equipped students for their future. This aim should be a long-term one. But, students only focus on what grade they can get in exams. Neither can students achieve the aim of education nor can students have a happy and low-pressure school life.

In order to improve the Hong Kong educational system, people minds should be changed first. They should not only focus on exam results. An all-round developed next generation is what our society need. But not the one who scored good grades in public exam but always complained by his employer.