PM exhorts students not to take Exams as a matter of life and death , to remain stress-free
22 Feb,New Delhi
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has exhorted students to remain stress-free during exams and not to take them as a matter of life and death.
In his address to the nation on the new edition of Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio Sunday evening, Narendra Modi said examination is an opportunity and not a burden.
Modi suggested that schools should hold Exam Utsavs with satires, cartoons and debates on the subject of examination itself. He said by doing so, nervousness of students will disappear.
The Prime Minister also had a word of caution for parents. He requested parents not to compare their children with others, as doing so causes stress among children.
Citing the example of athlete Sergei Bubka, who has beaten his own record 35 times, the Prime Minister said one should compete with oneself and not measure success with other’s achievements.
Asking students to be ‘warriors’ and not ‘worriers’, he said, students should not doubt their abilities. Modi said students should know their potential to scale greater heights. He asked students not to be superstitious, but determined and focused.
Saying that there is no substitute for hard work, the Prime Minister said ‘mehnat rang layegi’. The Prime Minister said students should have faith in their knowledge.
Modi asked students to keep testing themselves on their progress on a day-to-day basis to scale new heights. Saying that success in life is not dependent on success in exams, he said exams are held to understand one’s strengths. He asked students to evaluate themselves in exams and use them as opportunities.
The Prime Minister was all praise for girls when he said that even during the course of examinations, girl students help their mother in household work while excelling in their studies. The Prime Minister said, students should focus on the present.
The Prime Minister extended his best wishes to every one appearing for exams and said success is not to defeat others, but to move ahead in life. He said nation’s future will be bright only when all the students are bright.
The regional language version of Mann Ki Baat programme will be broadcast at 9 a.m tomorrow on respective regional networks.