The Muslim Educational and Career Promotion Society (MECAPS) organised a one-day examination guidance workshop on Sunday over the topic ‘exam preparation and our responsibilities’ for the students, parents and teachers at MECAPS office in Moti Masjid.
Noted writer and journalist Mehtab Alam was the chief guest of the workshop while noted education counselor Shabnam Khan discussed the various issues regarding the preparation of the examination with the students, children and teachers.
Addressing the students and other people during the workshop, Shabnam Khan stated that students should study under pressure as it would lead to stress.
Students should calmly prepare for the examination in a planned way while the parents of the students should not put pressure on the students. Students should start the preparations subject wise and should make a time table regarding studies.
One should give proper time to every subject. Subject wise preparations would also eliminate the pressure on the students, she added.
Khan motivated the students telling them about the various schemes of the government for the talented students.
She said that students could get several benefits such as laptops and scholarships from the Government after scoring more than 85 percent in the board examinations.
Khan said that selecting the subjects after the board examination is also a crucial task as it would decide the future of the students. One should think about their interests before selecting the subjects.
Chief Guest of the programme, Mehtab Alam said that students should not study to get employed but they should study hard to gain knowledge.
Alam appreciated the works of the MECAPS regarding the education of student’s especially poor students.
He appealed the people of the society to support the organizations such as MECAPS.
MECAPS’ Secreatry Zafar Hasan told that the MECAPS has been working for the education of the students for more than 30 years. It offers various scholarships and counseling to the students regarding their career.