Can the teacher repeat the exam so that the students will get better grades?
Question One of the female students is asking: We had a math exam at school and the marks that we got were low, so we asked the teacher to let us repeat the exam so that we could get better grades, but she refused on the grounds that one of the Shaykhs had issued a…
Question
We had a math exam at school and the marks that we got were low, so we asked the teacher to let us repeat the exam so that we could get better grades, but she refused on the grounds that one of the Shaykhs had issued a fatwa saying that improving grades is haraam. What is your opinion?.
Praise be to Allah.
If repeating the exam does not go against the school’s rules
and is not unfair to others, then there is nothing wrong with it. Unfairness
here means that other classes in the same school are not also given the
opportunity to repeat the exam or some students in the same class, or other
classes, who got good grades and repeating the exam will cause them hardship
or may make their grades go down. If the exam can be repeated without
unfairness to anyone, there is nothing wrong with it in that case, and some
educational systems allow those students who wish to, to repeat tests, and
the higher grade will be recorded for them.
But if the system does not allow repeating exams, then it is
essential to seek the permission and agreement of the administration.
And Allaah knows best.
