Win Over Exam Pressure: Victory is a must

Synopsis:

Students may feel exam stress for various reasons.

Is your child facing emotional, psychological, or mental stress due to exam pressure these days? Then, you should stop panicking and develop all alternatives that can shield them from getting affected in an exam study environment. 

1. Teachers, parents, and educational counsellors need to play active roles to help their children perform their best in exams and alleviate the stress and strain of exam fever. 

2. An unprepared student can feel the pain of failure early because their mind is empty, having done no essential study.  

3. A prepared student will feel the pain of failure due to a lack of confidence, perfection, or the unavailability of the emotional and psychological support they need from their communities, including parents, relatives, and friends. Here are suggestions for parents and student communities on how to develop confidence and a stable state of mind during examinations. 

Parents should guide students in exam preparations  

Students must be taught to handle pressure way before the actual preparations for their examinations begin. Teachers should educate students with a study plan and methods for handling the study material at least 2 months in advance. 

1. The student must prepare a column in a table for weekly study and syllabus coverage. 

2. The student must set reasonable targets and complete the syllabus from Monday to Saturday. They must select at least two subjects, say, science and social studies.   

3. In the next week, they should change the subjects by maintaining the same pattern as performed in the previous week. 

4. The student must complete the targeted studies. 

5. The student must collect the previous years' questionnaires and practice those mock tests. It will enable the student to spend the appropriate time on the selected problem or question. 

Expert's advice: to reduce stress, strain and pressure while studying

1. The student must get proper sleep, parents should maintain a healthy, nutritious diet, and the student should hydrate continuously throughout examination days. 

2. During examination days, students do feel stressed due to pressure, and experts offer solutions. The student must read for 25 minutes, then take a 5-minute break. It is known as the Pomodoro technique. It would lessen the stress levels. 

3. During long hours of studying, the eyes can become strained, so experts ask students to focus on something 20 feet away for 20 seconds to relax their eyes and minds. It is also called the 20-20-20 eye-brain reset technique. 

4. Simple technique to remember the facts: Students must identify the key issues in the subject and develop a flowchart from the main points. 

Parents' Role in Building Students' Confidence:

Parent & Student engagement

1. Parents must make time for their kids and engage them in every possible way, rather than just asking about studies. 

2. Parents must ask how their children spent their time with friends during the play period or free time, excluding studies. 

3. It helps build a relationship, reassuring them that they are more important to parents than studies. 

Parents should avoid comparisons.

1. Parents should believe that every child is unique by nature and should never be compared to the kid next door. 

2. Make the child realise that marks are just numbers that indicate their position in the learning process, and that life is more than marks. 

3. The parent and the child's near and dear ones should strive to instil in the child's mind that the exam is a measure of inherited potential and is not the end of the road.  

   
   

Summary:

It is a brief copy that generally covers the activities to be conducted by parents and students (Children) during the examination period. It is mainly concerned with study methods and parental concerns.