PM Modi interacts with students with Pariksha Par Charcha session

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding an interactive session with school and college students today to hold discussions the importance of stress-free exams in the Talkatora stadium.

To be aired in all CBSE-affiliated schools, the session “Pariksha Par Charcha” will have the Prime Minister to encourage students to ask questions and share stress-relieving techniques.

With Class 10 and 12 board exams approaching, students worried about getting a good score in the exams. The Prime Minister has been insisting that the students should not worry about exams and presented a guide on approaching the exams like a ‘warrior’.

PM Modi's speech has been arranged to be presented in all educational institutions by University Grants Commission’s (UGC) in all states.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar along with MoS in the HRD Ministry Upendra Kushwaha are seen attending the session.

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar beginning the session said, “We are working at improving the infrastructure of the education system in India. PM Modi's vision for education in the country 'sabko shiksha acchi shiksha’. A good education is a stepping stone to a good life. And today the PM will talk to students about how to not take stress while preparing for exams.”

Highlights of PM Modi's speech-

- Forget that you are talking to a PM, think of me as a friend and share with me whatever doubts you have. It is like an exam for me. It is a great opportunity for me to meet all of the students and their respective families.

- Students leave no stone unturned during preparations but the stress makes them nervous and they forget what they want to write.

- My young friends, always keep the student in you alive, self confidence comes by challenging ourselves and working hard. We should always think of bettering ourselves

- Yoga is a means of relieving stress. Different asanas can help in relaxing the mind and easing up the nervousness which gives a positive energy reduces stress.

- Concentration isn’t something that has to be specifically learnt. Every person does concentrate on something or the other during the day, it may be while reading, hearing a song, talking to a friend.

- Do not compete with others, compete with yourself. Every student has its own potential.

- PM Modi requested parents not to pressurize the children for good grades instead let them find their own potential.