Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 10
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released a video asking the students to stay away from medicines to improve their memory during exams.
“Many youngsters are lured by this thought. The truth is that lack of certain nutrients in food affects concentration leading to tension, thereby inhibiting learning,” the CBSE said.
In a novel initiative, the board this year launched a YouTube channel, ‘CBSE Counselling’, which has videos on exam anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, substance abuse and internet addiction.
The video uploaded a week ago has crossed 1,000 views so far. It explains to the students how they can convert exam anxiety into stress buster by conceptualising to stay focused and take one step at a time. The video encourages students to practice a few things such as choosing a study place with minimum distractions, plan revision time with a time table, identify weak areas and work on them.
For improving concentration, the CBSE has advised the students to practice deep breathing and brain gym exercises.
CBSE explains stress busters, stress builders
Stress builder
Stress buster
Locate exam centre with app
A lot of students create hustle bustle in searching examination centres and often mess up things. The CBSE has advised the students to visit the examination centre a day in advance using the CBSE Exam Centre Locator application, which can be downloaded from Google Play Store.
To-do list for students
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