Getting chilly ft earlier than board exams is nothing unnatural. The helpline variety of the Gujarat Secondary and Larger Secondary Training Board (GSHSEB), flooded with panic calls from college students who will write the board exams, scheduled to begin from February 27, is simply proof of this.
As many as 1,927 calls have been acquired by counsellors and specialists at GSHSEB simply inside a month of the launch of the helpline on January 27.
Whereas some, regardless of being well-prepared, are in self-doubt, sleepless nights and sleepy mornings are getting some overwhelmed. Some college students dialled the helpline quantity searching for tricks to write an examination, some requested for methods to remain constructive.
Class X and XII college students will seem for his or her board exams, scheduled to start on Thursday. The exams are scheduled from February 27 to March 17 for Class XII common stream, and from February 27 to 10 for Class X and XII science stream.
“We get panic calls from college students largely when exams are nearing. For example, Class XII science college students have achieved their preparations properly prematurely however they really feel they don’t seem to be in a position to bear in mind something. They really feel like quitting. Our counsellors inform them there is no such thing as a profit in shedding a 12 months. There’s already a best-of-two choice, which supplies them a possibility to seem for the exams for a second time. And even when the consequence after two makes an attempt is just not good, they will take the exams the next 12 months,” GSHSEB Examination Secretary Dinesh Patel informed this newspaper.
Minister of State for Training, Praful Pansheriya, in his message to college students on Wednesday, requested them to not deal with exams as a stress, however as a pageant. “If a scholar doesn’t carry out properly in any paper, he doesn’t should be disenchanted. Low marks will not be the tip of life – with onerous work and endurance, brilliant success may be achieved sooner or later. Many college students obtain excessive levels, together with civil providers after Class X and Class XII by working onerous… dad and mom must also keep a constructive environment at dwelling in order that college students can seem for the exams fearlessly,” Pansheriya acknowledged in his message.
As per data, issues and questions put ahead by college students whereas they referred to as on the helpline quantity, included: “Whereas finding out, I continually get detrimental ideas”, “An unknown worry of taking the examination is gripping me”, “Methods to put together to be able to get greatest outcomes?”, “I’m not in a position to sleep until late within the evening and really feel sleepy within the morning, on account of which my schedule is getting disturbed”, “I really feel I might not be capable of write through the examination regardless of being well-prepared”, “Because the exams are nearing I really feel extra scared”.
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Candidates have been suggested to do gentle workouts within the morning, meditation and pranayama, learn tales with constructive messages, indulge of their favorite actions, observe writing. They’ve additionally been informed that in the event that they put together properly prematurely, then there is no such thing as a should be scared, and that exams shouldn’t thought of their final vacation spot of life. Apart from being requested to organize properly, they have been informed to just accept the outcomes and construct their morale.
College students have been additionally informed to deal with board exams like college exams the place to be able to combat stress.
For Class X and XII exams beginning Thursday, 14.3 lakh college students have registered. As many as 87 zones and 989 centres for Class X and 59 zones and 672 centres for Class XII have been created for the examinations this time.
For the Class X exams, 8,92,882 college students have registered, out of whom 7,62,495 are common college students, 15,548 are personal college students, 82,132 repeaters, 4,293 personal repeaters and 28,414 are remoted college students. Additionally 4,285 visually impaired candidates will seem for the exams.
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For Class XII common stream exams, a complete of 4,23,909 candidates have registered. Amongst these college students, 3,64,859 are common, 24,061 personal, 22,652 repeaters, 8,306 personal repeaters and 4,031 remoted candidates, aside from 1,822 visually impaired. For the Class XII science exams, a complete of 1,11,384 college students have registered, together with 1,00,813 common candidates, 10,476 repeaters, 95 remoted college students, 144 visually impaired candidates.
The state authorities has appointed Class-I and -II officers to make sure the exams are carried out in a clear method. “Together with this, strict monitoring shall be maintained in any respect examination centres with the assistance of know-how. The management room shall be continually monitored for all of the preparations together with the transportation of papers from the primary centre. Apart from, the police division and different authorities businesses will at all times be prepared to assist if any scholar faces any downside,” an announcement issued by the state authorities stated.
Additional, on the directions of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the Gujarat State Street Transport Company has organized free bus service for the scholars in order that they will simply attain the examination centres.
