Talking about how to address exam stress before entering the exam hall, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the example of how one prepares themselves before getting on a train. We reach the train station early, and we know beforehand we have to find our compartment and then decide which of the luggages should we put on the train first, similarly, students must be mentally prepared before entering the exam hall. They are given 10-15 minutes before the exam starts and must utilize this time fully, he told students at PPC 2024.

He also said that practise makes a man perfect and students must practise writing a lot before the exams to help them prepare for what is coming in the exam hall. Just like if one practises swimming, he or she is not afraid of drowning, he added.

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While commencing the event, Modi said that students had come to that place where all the great leaders of the world sat for two days and discussed the future of the world. “Today you are in that place and you are discussing the future of India,” he said.

Over two crore students registered for the seventh edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2024 through the MyGov portal. According to the official notification, 22,631,698 students have registered for this year’s session. More than, 14 lakh teachers and 5 lakh parents have signed up for the session, as per the MyGov portal. Furthermore, almost 4,000 people will interact with the Prime Minister during the programme. A hundred students from Eklavya Model Residential Schools will attend the programme for the first time. Last year, a total of 38.80 lakh students, of which 16 lakh were from state boards, had registered for the event. PM Modi said that when PPC started in 2018, merely 22,000 registered for the exam.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the students at PPC 2024 and welcomed the prime minister. “I welcome PM Modi. We have to make India a developed India by 2047 and it will be done under your leadership…Today ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ has taken the form of a mass movement..,” said Pradhan, reported ANI.