As a
youngster, board exams are probably the first challenge a student will face
among the many other challenges that will be thrown at him later in life.
10th Board exam is
not only a student’s exam, its an exam for parents as well.
1. Ensure you give the required amount of time to
each subject based on your proficiency and the vastness of the syllabus. While
planning, ensure you account for each chapter and each topic in that chapter.
2. Parents must ensure that diet of their wards should be
good. Lots of liquids and home food rather than fast food or junk food.
3.
Students should
not be pressurized to get 1st or 2nd rank in school.
Avoid comparing him with other students when exams are getting closer. Make sure that student has solved previous
year board papers, at least the last 5-6 years. It will give him the much
needed practice and also a fair idea of kind of questions which are asked in
Board exams. You will find a majority of questions being repeated over the
years.
4. Memorizing certain formulae, notes and dates
are essential for almost all subjects. Make sure you learn them by-heart well
in time before the exam. Write down these points (formulae, theorem,
definitions)on flash cards that you can carry along with you in your pocket or
wallet. You can read them every time you have a moment to spare -- especially
while you are travelling. You can write down these notes in bright colours on
chart papers and stick them around your study place or pin them on to a board
in your room. Every time you pass by, you will take a look at the notes which
will help you in memorizing them.
5. Try to give as many mock tests as possible. Get
an idea as to how much time you need to answer a particular question. This will
help you know if you need to concentrate on speed or accuracy. Finding out how
much time you spend on a particular question will also help you know your
strengths and weaknesses. Once you find that out, stress more on your weak areas.
6.
Try to do time
bound studies rather than concept bound, in last few months. Time bound means,
every topic should be assigned some specific time and student must shift to
another topic after spending stipulated time on that particular topic. Since there
is no limit of depth for many topics specially in math and science hence it
might happen that student will always feel that something can be improved. And
while doing so he will be compromising on preparation of other important topics.
At the same point of time, what ever details he is acquiring might be useless
from the point of board exams. There is very little chance of a question beyond
your prescribed textbooks. Ensure you are well versed with each concept and
topic in your textbook. Do not ignore diagrams, tables or graphs in your
textbooks as questions can be asked on any chapter from the textbook.
7. It is always good to study in a group, say once
a week. It will help you get your doubts cleared by your friends who might know
how to solve a particular question you find hard to solve.. Studying in a group
also helps you validate your exam preparation and efforts. Say, you have left
out some portion of the syllabus purposefully; your study group can tell you if
it's a good idea to do so. Spending time with your friends will also help you
feel relaxed and refreshed.
8. Make sure at least one month before board exam,
student must wake up in morning early and should strictly study during
examination time without break .For example if exam starts from 1 march and
timings are 10am -1 pm, then student must study form 10am -1 pm from 1st feb,
so that his biological clock will get used to with the examination timing and
he will be at his best during that time and won’t feel tired and sleepy.
9. It is not a good idea to ignore your weak
subjects. The board exam result is an aggregate percentage of all your
subjects. Give equal importance to each subject. In case you find a particular
subject difficult, direct more efforts towards it -- practice more and more so
that by the end of the preparations you are comfortable with all the subjects.
Ignoring even one subject can lead to anxiety and dramatic fall in the
aggregate percentage. For example, when you have scored about 90 marks in all
five subjects while you managed to score just 65 in one, it will reflect on
your overall score in a bad way and will also pull down your percentage to 85.
10. A lot of students end up feeling sick due to
pressure, sleep deprivation and improper diet. Ensure that you have at least 7
hours of sound sleep everyday and have 4 healthy meals every day. Drink a glass
of milk before going to bed in case you are facing trouble getting sound sleep.
Avoid junk food and foods which are difficult or take long time to digest.
11.
Try to analyze
your performance, if you are not able to get good score in pre boards then is
it because of lack of concept or lack of confidence or simply because of lack
of examination skills.
12.
Don't give up on
recreation and hobbies as they will help you relax and absorb more when you
study. Please note computer games or mobile games use the same resources , the
eyes and brain hence leave you more exhausted. About 8 hours of dedicated study is enough to
get you good marks.
During Examination Time:
Ø If at all
you are making calls /meeting your close friends avoid talking about
exams.
Ø Make sure
you have all the Pens, Pencils, Erasers and sharpeners ready as far as possible
don’t use any new pen,pencil even
shirt/trousers/socks/shoes/wrist watch/perfume /oil and make sure you don’t have to make a last
day effort ! Also, keep your Hall Ticket Safely with a photocopy with your
parents.
Ø Unwind with
some music of your choice.
Ø
Dream a bit. Smile a bit. Dream that
you are going to give a very very good paper :). Just don’t entertain bad
thoughts. Half the battle is won or lost always in the mind. Once you win it in
your mind the brain takes over. (The other half is of the brain!)
Ø Avoid
discussing about the paper gone by in the gap between two papers. That
will either make you complacent or tense, both ways u lose.
Ø Almost all the questions asked in board exams are very
close to the practice problems which you have studied and solved in last two
years during your preparation.
Ø
PRAY JUST CHILAX :)
Post Exam: Parents must
realize that, a god score in board helps students to gain confidence and set
the tone for a successful academic career but it just doesn’t contribute
anything directly for the future. For the matter even the 12th board results
are also not as important as results of entrance exams which they will be
appearing for, after 12th. If you feel that student is inclined towards science
then he must seek for some engineering or medical college after 12th. Admission
in engineering and medical colleges happen through entrance exams for
engineering and medical like JEE Mains, JEE advance, AIIMS , AFMC etc. Best
time to prepare for such exams is immediately after 10th exams. May be a
student can take a break of 10-15 days to get rejuvenated. Parents must collect
relevant information for good coaching classes for IIT JEE and Medical.
Here are a few links which
will probably help you to get many important details of all good coaching classes
in Pune for IIT JEE. Details of good faculties in JEE and medical arena in Pune
and Fake results of IIT JEE Pune, many such crucial information are given in
following webpages.
Links: JEE master blog
How to search good coaching classes
in Pune
Medical Examination Preparation.