Pariksha Pe Charcha 2024: Key Takeaways from PM’s Interactive Session

The seventh edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha held words of advice for students, parents, and teachers. It emphasised the significance of practising daily, developing writing habits, encouraging transparency to build trust, and more.

By Topperlearning Expert 30th Jan, 2024 | 07:09 pm

With exams being an integral part of life, many look forward to helpful tips from mentors with wide experience and perspective. Who could be a better source of guidance than our Honourable Prime Minister, who has interacted with top personalities in almost every field? The Pariksha Pe Charcha 2024, held on January 29, 2024, emerged as an interactive session where he shared invaluable insights, addressed queries, and provided tips. It served as a source of guiding light for students, parents, and even teachers. If you missed this treasure trove of information, worry not! We've brought it for you right here.

Pariksha Pe Charcha

The event organised on January 29 marked the seventh edition of the helpful series. It was held at Bharat Mandapam, where the PM not only interacted through informative and guiding words but also inspected the advanced tech-based exhibition.

Why was Pariksha Pe Charcha held?

With the board exams around the corner, the prime motive of the event was to encourage student confidence development and enlighten them with wisdom. The interaction included the PM's communication with children, teachers, and students. The PM focused on stress-free preparation and taking exams. He discouraged unhealthy competition among siblings and classmates and acknowledged the collective responsibility of each individual in a child’s life. Through the event, the PM also encouraged changing the perspective towards exams, eliminating the association of the ‘difficult’ word with them.

Words of Advice from PM Modi

Here is the key information to focus on from yesterday’s session:

Conversations that Add to Pressure

Highlighting the detrimental impact of commenting on children, the Prime Minister earnestly urged parents, relatives, and teachers to discourage such practices actively. He emphasised that the primary consequence of such actions is a negative impact on children's mental health, leading to poor outcomes. Instead, he advocated for fostering clear and empathetic conversations designed to uplift students' morale rather than instil fear or intimidation.

Unhealthy Competition

He took to the important and common issue of unhealthy comparison in households. Discouraging the comparison among siblings, PM beautifully tried to change the perspective of parents. He advised parents to encourage siblings to inspire each other.

Detailed Decision

The importance of observation and an eye for detail was also highlighted. It was in the context of decision making, where lack of insights leads to poor decisions with detrimental effects. The suggestion was to analyse the details and utilise the same to such an extent that it eliminates the room for confusion.

Practice

The evergreen advice for students to practise was also part of the event. Indicating the importance of practice, he presented the analogy: with practice, one can swim through regardless of the depth of water. Similarly, with practice, the performance can be improved regardless of the difficulty level of the question paper. He directed students to focus strictly on themselves without drawing comparisons with others.

He emphasised the consequences of individual actions with his words, ‘Keep your Focus on YOU! What YOU are, what YOU do, what YOU practise, is what will decide your future.

Building Trust

The discussion here was directed at parents. It concerned the lack of trust in families. With the gravity of the issue, he stated it to be the consequence of a ‘long-drawn process.’ The advice to parents, teachers, and students was to perform a ‘deep self-analysis’ and carry out honest communication. Additionally, he advocated for the discouragement of 'favouritism' and the promotion of regular friends and family meetings, creating an environment conducive to open discussions and positive perspectives for the benefit of the children.

Exam Stress

The prime motive behind Pariksha Pe Charcha was gracefully covered by PM by advising the students to maintain their practice on writing. He stated that computers and phones are eliminating the habit of writing, which is a critical step in almost all the exams. He suggested that students can devote half of their studying and reading time to writing.

Handling Technology

PM Modi also dealt with the concern of too much phone usage. He offered words of wisdom indicating, ‘Not only mobile but excess of anything...doesn't do anyone any good.’ He indicated that maintaining standards and regulations on the usage of any item is mandatory. It is not possible to ‘run away from technology,’ but it is completely possible to ‘use it positively.

Pressure

While discouraging taking pressure, the advice by the honourable Prime Minister was to focus on gradual improvement in performance and setting smart goals. These two things are suggested to make the students completely ready for the exam. He advised young minds to make them capable of handling pressure, as it is a part of life and experienced by every individual.

Health

Another important factor in a student's life was emphasised by comparing it with mobile phones. He underscored the importance of students "charging" their health, akin to how one charges a mobile phone. The recommended measures encompass spending time in natural sunlight, ensuring a consistent and adequate sleep routine, and steering clear of compromising sleep by excessive screen time before bedtime.

Teacher’s Role

Stressing on the teacher’s role in motivating students, his views encouraged teachers to act beyond a ‘subject-related bond’ with students. He encouraged an open relationship between teacher and students that allows the sharing of problems and insecurities with the expectation of solutions.

Final Thoughts

Focussing on the importance of competition and its essence in making life inspiring and motivating, the interactive session showered multiple insights of wisdom to the students. PM Modi addressed the students, teachers, and parents with advice on multiple important aspects concerning life and exams.

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FAQ's

Q 1. How many people registered for the event?

Ans: The event witnessed a high number of registrations and participation. Around 2.26 crore students, 14.93 lakh teachers, and more than 5.69 lakh parents registered for the event.

Q 2. Was the Pariksha Pe Charcha telecasted on TV?

Ans: Yes, several channels like DD National, DD News, DD India, and websites like MyGov.in, YouTube and multiple other channels platforms offered live streaming of the event.

Q 3. Which classes were allowed to participate in competition at Pariksha Pe Charcha?

Ans: The school students currently studying from class 6 to class 12 were allowed to participate.