More than 200 students and teachers attending the "Pariksha pe Charcha" programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi this year will also witness the Republic Day parade and the Beating Retreat ceremony, Ministry of Education (MoE) officials said on Wednesday.
hey will be seated in enclosure 18 at the Kartavya Path during the 74th Republic Day parade on Thursday. According to an MoE official, 200 students, including the winners of the Kala Utsav competition, and teachers scheduled to attend the Pariksha pe Charcha event will also witness the Republic Day parade on January 26 and the Beating Retreat on January 29.
The Pariksha Pe Charcha event will be attended in person by nearly 2,400 teachers and students from across the country. Pariksha Pe Charcha will be held at 11 am on Friday at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. It will be held in the townhall format.
Pariksha Pe Charcha has been conceptualised by the Prime Minister wherein students, parents, teachers interact with him on various topics related to life and exams. This year Pariksha Pe Charcha has received about 38.80 lakh registrations, out of which more than 16 lakhs are from state boards. This is over two times higher than the number of registrations (15.73 lakh) during the 2022 edition. The registrations have been done from across 155 countries.