Exam issues

Exams have always been stressful situation for students in Pakistan. The exam period at secondary level can be the hardest time of students’ lives, when they look at the exam paper they feel stress and anxiety.

Health issues can lead to many different conditions like mental illness, panic attacks, depression and anxiety during exam. Exams are a headache for students they thought a lot about exams that’s cause sick stomach or brain week issues. It has become an increasingly worrying issues or unnecessary stress during exam may effect on their mental health, both now and in the future. Students are beginning to try and tackle these problems in different ways during exam but failed. 

LACK OF CONCENTRATION DURING EXAM

Concentration problems can be long term or well- established conditions, such as lack of attention, or as a result of illness or other events. Medical conditions known to cause difficulty concentrating including illness, lack of sleep, mental stress, infections, brain injury etc. psychological problems that are effected students concentration level, such as anxiety, depression, emotional situation and stress. Cognitive problems that may be associated with difficulty concentrating include, lack of attention, low vision, learning disabilities, mental illness etc.

MEDICAL CAUSES OF CONCENTRATION

Lack of concentration can also be caused by medical conditions concentrating during exam for students, including:

Illness/Sickness

Students were sick during an exams period. If students become ill during exams their performance bring effected by this illness.

Lack of sleep

Lack of sleep during exams may directly affects how students think and feel. Lack of sleep also affected immune system that is why students cannot proper perform during exam. It also affects overall health of students. Lack of sleep can limit the ability to pay proper attention in exams.

Mental stress

Sometimes lot of pressure of exams may cause mental stress. Due to mental pressure students cannot focused on study during exam time. It becomes with students, too much study is impossible.

PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES OF CONCENTRATION

Lack of concentration can also be caused by psychological problems/conditions during exam for students, including:

Anxiety

Anxieties become the main cause of lack of concentration. It involves temporary worry or fear of students. Anxiety is a normal reaction of stress and it may be beneficial in some situations, such as it can alert students to dangers and help them to prepare and pay proper attention in exams.

Depression

 It is a mood disorder that can affect student’s life. It may involve as loss, anger or felling sadness. It is a common mental health problem among students that involve a low mood and less interest in studies or other activities.

Stress

Due to stress students cannot focused on study during exam time.

Cognitive causes of concentration

Lack of concentration can also be caused by cognitive problems during exam for students, including:

Lack of attention

students have less attention in studies during exam period.

Mental illness

It is also known as mental health issues or mental disorders, mental disorders also effects student’s behavior thinking and mood during exam. Examples of mental illness are anxiety, depression and eating disorders etc.

Low vision

Low vision becomes another cognitive cause of low level concentration, which includes blind spots, poor night vision or blurry sight etc.

 Learning disabilities

Learning disabilities affects a student ability to understand the study facts. It becomes cause of lack of concentration during exam period.

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