Er. Prabhat Kishore
Pariksha Pe Charcha is an interactive initiative of the Prime Minister that provides a vibrant platform for students, teachers, and parents to engage on examinations, stress management, and related aspects of life, with the aim of transforming examination-related stress into a celebration of learning. It is organized annually to provide a platform for discussions on examinations, preparation strategies, and related issues.
The event is conducted ahead of the board and competitive examinations season and aims to address the concerns raised by students and other stakeholders. It opens space for honest talk on 3 Ps- Preparation, Pressure and Purpose.
Pariksha Pe Charcha has evolved as a global event, which is evident from the fact that PPC 8.0 saw participation from students in over 245 countries, teachers from 159 countries, and parents from 149 countries. For PPC 9.0, 41756407 students, 2477885 teachers and 612716 parents of Bharatvarsha have registered themselves, while 69874 students from 245other countries, 54448 teachers from 171 countries and 2135 parents from 170countries has registered themselves to be part of the event.
The event has expanded steadily from around 22,000 in PPC 1.0 in 2018 to 3,56,68,817 registrations in PPC 8.0 in 2025. PPC 8.0 edition in 2025 was recognized by Guinness World Records for recording 3,56,68,817 registrations. PPC9.0 edition in 2026 has surpassed last year’s Record with 4,49,24,465 online participant registrations.
Out of total 614851 parent registrations, 98553 parents are of class-6 children, 87731 of class-7 children, 93714 of class-8 children, 100940 of class-9 children, 97711 of class-10 children, 66530 of class-11 and 69672 parents are of class-12 children. 64.33% of parents are male while only 35.59 % of parents are female.
Out of total 2483333 teachers registration, 201261 teachers are from18-25 age group, 616991 from 25-35 age group, 806605 from 35-45 age group, 627302 from 45-55 age group and 229124 are from 55-65 age group. 48.21% of teachers are male while 51.79 % of teachers are female.
Out of total 41826281 student registrations, 18.83% students have self-registration, while 81.17% students have registered themselves through teachers. 48.81% of the children are boys while 51.16% are girls. The higher representation of female students as well as female teachers reflects women empowerment in a changing Bharat.
Age-wise participation of children is as follows:- Below 12 years-5980242, between 12 to 14 years-12240569, between 14 to16 years-12933133, between 16 to 18 years-8647327, between 18 to 20 years-1756772 and above 20 years -268237 students. Class-wise child registration is as – 6th class – 6063993, 7th class – 6241224, 8th class- 6428028, 9thclass- 7281112, 10th class- 6745084, 11th class- 4604336, and 12th class- 4462503.
Utter Pradesh stood first in overall registration as well as student registration, while Bihar stood second in overall registration and first in teacher registration. Chhattisgarh stood first in parent registration.
As part of the annual run-up to Pariksha Pe Charcha, a series of student-centric engagements are organized for students in schools from 12th January (Swami Vivekanand Jayanti celebrated as the National Youth Day) to 23rd January, 2026 (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti celebrated as the Parakram Diwas), such as Swadeshi Sanklap Daud-Students Run/Walk for Self-Reliance , Vande Mataram- Manta of Freedom, Indigenous Games Sessions, Meme Creation, Nukkad Natak on Exam and Life Skills, Short Videos & Student Testimonials, Student Anchor- Student Guest interactive Sessions, Yoga-cum Meditation Sessions, Poetry and Songs by Students, Poster Making Activities, Quiz on Operation Sindoor, etc.
Altogether 36 students have been selected, one each from every State/UTs, to interact with Prime Minister. The selected students are:- (1) Andman & Nicobar- Nessy Philip, (2) Andhra Pradesh- Shaik Jameer Basha, (3) Arunachal Pradesh- Tenzin Choiky, (4) Assam- Mridulay Barman, (5) Bihar- Mohit Kumar, (6) Chandigarh- Ananya, (7) Chhatisgarh- Shrishti Sahu, (8) Dadar & Nagar Haveli-Isha Shailesh Patel, (9) Delhi- Mansi, (10) Goa-Shrijit Gadgil, (11) Gujarat-Sanvi Acharya, (12) Haryana- Kavyansh Chauhan, (13) Himachal Pradesh- Anushka, (14) Jammu & Kashmir- Chahhat, (15) Jharkhand- Susar Hembram, (16) Karnataka- Panagbhushana, (17) Kerala- Sreehari V, (18) Laddakh- Padma Chosdon, (19) Lakshdweep-Nusla Ameer, (20) Madhya Pradesh- Ayyush Tiwari, (21) Maharashtra- Pranav Bhosale,(22) Manipur- Cdt. Memota Keisham,(23) Meghalaya- Andy Rodrick Lyngdoh,(24) Mizoram- Lalthmuanpuii Pachuau,(25) Nagaland- Pinotoli Kappo,(26) Odisha- Vrinda Ram Panda,(27) Puducherry- Keerthana,(28) Punjab- Ekam Kaur,(29) Rajasthan- Bhoomika Sharma,(30) Sikkim- Shreya Pradhan,(31) Tamilnadu- Nikhil R Nair,(32) Telangana- Sabavath Venkatesh,(33) Tripura- Mughda Saha,(34) Uttar Pradesh- Vaibhav Prajapati, (35) Uttarakhand- Rohan Rana, and (36) West Bengal- Arpita Mahato.
The “Pariksha Pe Charcha” event has evolved into a nationwide Jan Andolan, encouraging students and youth to approach examinations with confidence and positivity and to celebrate the exam season as an Utsav.
(The author is an engineer and academician. He can be reached at [email protected])
