PM Modi asks students to remain stress-free during exams

Extending his best wishes to the students appearing for their board exams, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked them to remain stress-free and not to take the test as a matter of life and death.

"Schools should hold Exam Utsavs with satires, cartoons and debates on the subject of examination itself. By doing so, the nervousness of students will disappear," he said.

Prime Minister Modi requested the parents not to compare their children with others, as doing so causes stress among the kids.

Citing the example of Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergei Bubka, who has beaten his own record 35 times, the Prime Minister said one should compete with oneself and not measure success with the achievements of others.

Prime Minister Modi asked the students to be 'warriors' and not 'worriers', saying they should not doubt their abilities.

"Students should know their potential to scale greater heights. They should not to be superstitious, but determined and focused," he said.

Prime Minister Modi further said that there is no substitute for hard work.

"Mehnat rang layegi", he said and asked the students to have faith in their knowledge.

Prime Minister Modi also asked the students to keep testing themselves on their progress on a day-to-day basis to scale new heights.

"Success in life is not dependent on success in exams; exams are held to understand one's strengths. Evaluate yourselves in exams and use them as opportunities," he said.

In his address to the nation on the new edition of Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio, the Prime Minister also praised the girl students and that they help their mother during the course of examinations in household work while excelling in their studies.

Prime Minister Modi concluded his speech by extending his best wishes to everyone appearing for exams and said success is not to defeat others but to move ahead in life.

He said the nation's future will be bright only when all the students are bright.

'Mann Ki Baat' was started in October last year and has covered topics like 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyan', rising cases of drug addiction in the country and black money.

Last month, Prime Minister Modi and U.S. President Barack Obama had jointly addressed the nation via the programme.