As many as 26000 students from Odisha will take part in the Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2022 scheduled to be held on April 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with students, teachers and parents during the 5th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi in hybrid mode.
“Nearly 26000 students, 5000 teachers and 1200 Parents from Odisha will be connected in the programme virtually,” said Dr Girish Chandra Dash, Deputy Director, PIB Bhubaneswar at a Press Conference in Bhubaneswar.
Briefing about the selection process of the participants in the creative writing competition, he said, “Students, teachers and parents were selected based on an online creative writing competition on a bouquet of themes. The competition was organised from December 28, 2021 to February 3, 2022 through MyGov platform.”
He said, as per the records, over 15.7 lakh participants were registered for the creative writing competition. “About 2050 participants have been selected through competitions on MyGov including 56 from Odisha. They will be presented with a certificate of appreciation and a special Pariksha Pe Charcha kit comprising Exam Warriors book, written by the Prime Minister,” said Dash.
Earlier on Monday, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan called to make PPC 2022 a public movement. He informed that Raj Bhawans of all the States and UTs will be connected virtually in the programme and the selected students will be awarded with the special kits by the State Governors.
Underlining the importance of initiatives like PPC in building the knowledge-based economy of the 21st century, Pradhan had said that PPC is becoming a formal institution through which Prime Minister interacts directly with students.