Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said students preparing for board and competitive examinations should compete with themselves and not others in order to avoid stress and succeed.
"We must not waste our energies in competing with others. Start competing with yourself and make sure that your present is better than your past," Modi said during a special episode of "Mann Ki Baat", his regular radio address to the nation that focused on examinations.
"We are responsible for making exams a burden. We should stop doing it," he added.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and other central and state board examinations for Class 10 and 12 will be held in March.
Modi had earlier this month invited students, teachers and parents to share their exam-related experiences for the monthly radio programme ahead of the board and competitive exams.
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