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Celebrate your exams is Modi’s tip to students

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new delhi — Exhorting students who are set to appear for their board and secondary school examinatio­ns this year, External Affairs India’s Minister Sushma Swaraj has suggested that they should not compete with others but with themselves and they need to learn from their mistakes.

Sushma Swaraj was speaking on the occasion of launch of a book Exam Warriors written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

She described in detail the 25 mantras for students given by the prime minister in his book and urged them to read the book. The book is available on the Narendra Modi App and students can communicat­e with the prime minister through it.

The book’s 25 chapters include topics such as ‘Exams are like festivals — celebrate them!’, ‘Exams test your current preparatio­n, not you. Chill!’, ‘Be a warrior, not worrier!’, ‘Knowledge is permanent — pursue it’, ‘Compete — with yourself ’, and ‘To cheat is to be cheap’.

In the book, Modi also highlights the importance of embracing technology, playing, travelling and presentati­on skills, among others. — IANS, PTI

new delhi — Narendra Modi says he is not scared of elections and so the children should not fear examinatio­ns, Union minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday underlined at the launch of Exam Warrior, a book authored by the prime minister.

The 193-page book offers 25 ‘mantras’, including yoga asanas, to help students face examinatio­ns without stress.

“Modiji says he is not scared of elections, so you (children) do not be afraid of examinatio­ns. Do not worry and write exams without tension. This is the ‘mul mantra’ (main takeaway) of this book,” Swaraj said.

She said politician­s also have to “sit for examinatio­ns after every five years” and sometimes before that in case the Lok Sabha is dissolved ahead of its tenure.

External Affairs Minister Swaraj and Human Resource Developmen­t Minister Prakash Javadekar jointly launched the book published by the Penguin Random House.

The book’s 25 chapters include topics such as ‘Exams are like festivals — celebrate them!’, ‘Exams test your current preparatio­n, not you. Chill!’, ‘Be a warrior, not worrier!’, ‘Knowledge is permanent—pursue it’, ‘Compete — with yourself’, and ‘To cheat is to be cheap’.

In the book, Modi also highlights the importance of embracing technology, playing, travelling and presentati­on skills, among others.

In a letter to parents in the book, Modi has asked them to spend quality time with their children and “always accept rather than expect” from them.

In another letter to teachers, he has advised them to empower the students to pursue their interests and create their own opportunit­ies.

“Motivate them so that they do something driven by their passion instead of seeking to become something,” Modi has said.

Javadekar said at the event that the prime minister has written the book on an issue which is not political and connected to every home.

He said the prime minister will soon hold a dialogue with crores of school and college students on the issue of examinatio­n and how they can confidentl­y appear for tests.

 ?? PTI ?? Sushma Swaraj with Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar releases Modi’s book Exam Warriors at a function in New Delhi. —
PTI Sushma Swaraj with Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar releases Modi’s book Exam Warriors at a function in New Delhi. —

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