Treat exams like a festival, go laughing to answer: Sawant

Margao: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday that he is the first graduate in his family.
“Many of your parents will be graduates, and you have their support. You don’t have the tension of passing the SSC exam like we had,” he said.
“Treat examinations like a festival, and go laughing to answer them,” he said.
He was addressing students of Classes IX to XII at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, who participated in the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023 art and painting competition (exam warriors), an initiative of PM Narendra Modi.
Sawant spoke of students who had taken the extreme step of suicide when they weren’t able to cope with exams, and advised students not to get tense while answering exams.
Two students and one teacher will travel to New Delhi to participate in the interaction with Modi on Friday, he said. Other students, teachers, and even parents will watch the interactions live, he said, adding that the PM will use the session to motivate students.
Over 400 students from Classes IX to XII participated in the art and painting competition on various themes of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’, which is aimed at giving students more confidence to face examinations and equipping them with tools.