The Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with thousands of students, parents and teachers on Tuesday in the second edition of ‘Pariksha pe Charcha 2.0’ ahead of the examination season.

In the programme titled ‘Pariksha ki baat PM k Sath’, number of students, parents and teachers from India and abroad raised their questions related to examination. The Prime Minister Modi gave the solution to all the questions raised by both the student and parents. He also spoke about studies and examination-related issues.

Addressing gathering of students, teachers and parents, Modi said, “I would request parents, do not expect your children to fulfil your unfulfilled dreams. Every child has his or her own potential and strengths... It is important to understand every child’s strengths. Parents often treat the report cards of their children as their visiting cards and that adds extra pressure on them which is very unreal and unhealthy,” he said.

“Only when you take it in spirit and encourage your child, a 60 per cent holder moves towards 70 or 80 per cent. If you only criticise and scold your child for not getting 90 per cent, they will start believing that they are incapable. It will take their grades further down towards 40 per cent,” the Prime Minister added.

With less than a month to go for the Class 10 and Class 12 examinations, PM Modi discussed ways to handle the exam stress in the interactive session, where students from across the country got a chance to participate.

“Our learning cannot be reduced to exams only. Our education must equip us to face various challenges of life as well. I sincerely believe that anything that challenges us polishes us too. If there is nothing to test us, then we become complacent. There must always be something to challenge us,” he said.

Further advising the students, he asked the students to gather knowledge, and their marks would automatically improve.