I would like to state once again that the main purpose of an examination is as a barrier for students to ensure that they have learned the content that they have been taught.
The secondary purpose then is to evaluate how well the student has learned the content.
Therefore, the main outcome from a student's point of view would be to learn the all material that is examinable, and for the school/institution to see how well the material has been taught to the students.
This means that results, are by no means that main aim of the examination for the student, but rather to ensure that they learn and know the examinable content, irrespective of whether it is examined or not.
The process of actually studying for the examination is paramount and is the reason why examinations/tests/reviews are organised. Although the results are the end result achieved by the means of studying, the ends do not always need to correlate to the means, and this does not mean that the means of obtaining the end result was not justified.
As such, I do not understand why people actually think that the more important part is the result and not the process. Anyone care to enlighten?
p.s. It does not matter if you obtained an A1 or an C5 in your Bahasa SPM paper, as long as you know how to use the language well; it does not matter if you obtained 65% or 100% on your living skills mid year exam, as long as you know how to use your tools and are able to survive; obtaining a 98% in maths vs 44% is irrelevant, as long as you know how to do the math at the end of the day. Just make sure that the inverse does not happen. It's held true for me so far.
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