Article by Lena Butler
The price of a decent education is increasing every year, especially in good universities and colleges. It is therefore very meaningful to the students work hard work hard to get scholarships to be able to continue their education without worrying about tuition. In the past, students had one set of tests and maintain good grades to get scholarships. However, many schools have begun to implement drug testing as well as additional criteria given in front of these scholarships to some students.
This can naturally have an impact on the outcome of the application of a student for grants – whether for a first offense or a repeat user. Of course, drug testing as part of the debate on the criteria for awarding scholarships serious among parents, teachers and students has created. Weigh the pros and cons of this serious matter. The benefits of testing to provide scholarships
With growing concerns about drugs around the world, some people think the tests should be mandatory step before the scholarship will be awarded. Some of the benefits of the event, when to give scholarships.
1 Parents will be able to help their children immediately. Often, single parents drug their children, if it is too late, when their children are already deep into addiction. Drug testing can be implemented before the scholarships are given to help parents looking for their children before they go to school. 2 This minimizes the opportunities for students to ruin their education because of drug use. If the scholarships are awarded without examination, some teens to go to college or high school with a drug problem. This increases their chances of problems at school and also affect their performance. You could end up losing their subsidies, or even excluded. 3rd Teenagers with drug problems can receive grants instead of the most deserving students. Without drug testing, there is a possibility that the scholarships are awarded for drug users, making the chances of non-drug users get scholarships. The fourth drug testing can reduce the proportion of drug users in schools, colleges and universities, as drug users a way to enter these schools colleges.5 be avoided. Drug testing may also help to influence the risk of student substance abuse in schools. If applicants for grants for the use of drugs is projected, then there is a small chance that users will be accepted at school, reducing the risk of other students, the influence of the drug. Disadvantages of drug testing for scholarships
There are some benefits, drug testing in the selection of candidates for scholarships, there are also some disadvantages, we have to consider, such as the seq below.
1 Not all those who tested positive for drugs are not necessarily chronic or long-time users. Some students, curious and eager young people may have tried marijuana or ecstasy just once. Drug testing could crush his chance to pursue higher education. 2 Drug testing can ruin the chances of a student for a better future. Once a student has been identified as drug users, it is very difficult to remove this stigma. It may not be able, in universities and colleges or other schools, because it will be accepted. We all know how difficult it is, is a teenager, and we know that some young people fall into the wrong people or drugs, because a lot of problems. This should not be the only basis for their chance at a good education. 3rd This can also cause a student to rebel again. Instead of trying to get help, the students were more rebellious when they discover they do not get a scholarship for college just because the results of drug tests were positive. The fourth most people see drug testing as an invasion of privacy. Some parents might even ask the courts if drug testing is mandated as well as tests for scholarship as this as an invasion and the privacy of individuals. 5 can be viewed. Teenagers can be tried on the basis of test results and not on performance or grades. This breaks the hopes of a teenager still in good schools, even though it showed good grades and academic achievement throughout his life. drug testing or disclosure of scholarship has its advantages and disadvantages. Ultimately, it is for the administration of the school and the parents’ committee to decide whether it is necessary, as well as drug tests implemented in a fair and appropriate.