Up from 38.8 lakh in 2023, the forthcoming Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) has recorded one crore registrations so far, with one week left before the deadline. This year’s edition, the seventh PPC will be held at the Bharat Mandapam on January 29, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with students, teachers, and parents from India and abroad. Two students and a teacher from each of the states and UTs and winners of the Kala Utsav and the Veer Gatha competition may be invited as special guests for the main event.
According to a Ministry of Education release, the PPC has witnessed extensive enthusiasm among students nationwide, eager to participate in events and interact with the PM, whose online registration via an MCQ competition is live on MyGov till January 12, 2024.
Modi has conceptualized this interactive annual programme where students, parents, and teachers from across the country and also from overseas interact with him to discuss anxieties related to examinations and life after school. The first PPC was held in 2018 where 22,000 participants were registered, and last year this number increased to more than 38 lakh.
According to the Ministry of Education, this year, the programme will be held on January 29, from 11 am onwards in a town-hall format at Bharat Mandapam, ITPO, Pragati Maidan. Nearly 4,000 participants will be interacting with the PM in the program.
The online competition was conducted between December 11, 2023, to January 12, 2024, for students of classes VI to XII, teachers, and parents to participate in the contest. As of Friday, over 90 lakh students, more than 8 lakh teachers and around 2 lakh parents have registered.
“Pariksha Pe Charcha is part of the larger movement – ‘Exam Warriors’ – led by PM Narendra Modi, to create a stress-free atmosphere for youngsters, a movement to bring together students, parents, teachers and the society to foster an environment where the unique individuality of each child is celebrated, encouraged and allowed to express itself fully. Inspiring this movement is Narendra Modi’s bestselling book ‘Exam Warriors’,” said an MoE official.
