Updated On: 29 January, 2024 01:51 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
PM Narendra Modi on Monday advised parents against treating their child`s report card as their own visiting card, and suggested that students should compete with themselves and not others. Pics/PTI

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Interacting with students, parents and teachers during his annual "Pariksha Pe Charcha" programme, the prime minister said competition and challenges act as inspirations in life but competition must be healthy
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"You must not compare one child with another as that can be detrimental to their future. Some parents treat their children`s report card as their visiting card, this is not good," PM Modi said

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The prime minister explained that the stress on students is of three types---induced by peer pressure, by parents and self induced
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"At times children take pressure on themselves that they are not performing up to the mark. I suggest that you should set small goals during preparation and gradually improve your performance, this way you will be completely ready before the exams," PM Modi said

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Describing students as the shapers of India`s future, PM Modi said the Pariksha Pe Charcha programme is like an examination for him too
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Speaking at the seventh episode of his outreach programme with students ahead of examinations, he said students have become more innovative than ever
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