Pariksha Pe Charcha: Top 5 quotes of PM Modi from interaction with students

Pariksha Pe Charcha: PM Modi said that students must compete with themselves and not others

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conducted the seventh edition of his outreach programme for students ahead of examinations "Pariksha Pe Charcha". During his speech, PM Modi suggested that students must compete with themselves and not others in the exams.

Organised by the Ministry of Education, Pariksha Pe Charcha has been engaging students, parents and teachers for the past six years.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the fourth edition was held online, while the fifth and sixth editions returned to the town hall format. A total of 3.12 million students, 560,000 teachers and 195,000 parents participated in the previous year's edition.

According to news agency PTI, this year, an estimated 22.6 million registrations have taken place on the MyGov portal, highlighting the widespread enthusiasm among students.

Pariksha Pe Charcha 2024 was held in a town hall format at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Two students and a teacher from each state and Union Territory, along with winners of the Kala Utsav, have been invited.

He said that the stress on students is of three types - induced by peer pressure, by parents and self-induced.

Pariksha Pe Charcha: 5 top quotes of PM Modi

1. "Competition and challenges act as inspirations in life, but competition must be healthy."
2. "Students have become more innovative than ever. This programme is like an exam for me, too."
3. "Some parents treat their child's report card as their own visiting card, this is not good."
4. "You must not compare one child with another as that can be detrimental to their future."
5. "Teachers should not take their work as a mere job, they should take it as a means to empower the lives of students."

(With agency inputs)