Every year the Central Board of Secondary Education conducts board exams for students. For session 2021 to 2022, board exams are starting very soon, that is from 26th April 2022. Board exams bring along a lot of stress and pressure for students. They keep thinking about how to study effectively to ensure high scores and achieve academic success. To achieve so, following the right learning strategies and lifestyle habits is very important. Let us discuss some beneficial tips that students can follow to study and prepare well for the board exams.
8 effective board exam preparation tips for students.
1. Make a proper study timetable and start the preparation early
For effective board preparation, making a proper study timetable is very important. This will help you in proper time management, productivity, and consistency. All students must make one and stick to it for effective studies. Make a timetable that ensures a balance between learning all academic subjects. Also, ensure some time for relaxation, rest, and extracurricular too. Starting the preparation early is very important. This will help students to wind up the syllabus timely and utilize the remaining time for effective revisions and practice.
2. Train your brain
It is scientifically proved, that adding some usual rituals to our practice routine can be beneficial for the brain. For example, if you start taking notes with some specific methods, you can improve your ability to learn at all stages of the learning process.
3. Stick to the NCERT textbooks
Many students think that board exams are tough and have questions that are too deep and complex. Because of this wrong assumption, students start referring to some high-standard textbooks. This leads to a wastage of time and makes students more confused. All students must avoid this. The board exams are designed as per the lessons included in the NCERT textbooks. Hence all students must ensure to stick to the NCERTs of all course subjects. Read the lessons thoroughly, solve the exercises and questions given in every lesson.
4. Solve sample papers
To prepare for the board exams effectively, solving sample papers helps to a great extent. By solving sample papers students can get an idea of how much they need and what more needs to be done for improvement. Also by solving sample papers and previous year question papers, students get to know the exam patterns, types of questions asked, and more. Students can pay more attention to the topics asked in the papers repetitively. Using online teaching sites and apps, students can access CBSE sample papers easily.
5. Take regular breaks
Many students sit for long hours continuously to study and complete the planned lessons. Our mind is not a machine and needs rest to store the learned information properly before moving to the next ones. Sitting for long hours in one go can make one’s mentally exhausted. A pressured mind affects learning potential too. And all students must avoid this. Always ensure to take regular breaks in between the study hours. Even a short break of ten to fifteen minutes will be enough to relax your mind, rebuild focus and re-energize the body for the next study session.
6. Regular revisions
Only learning lessons for once won’t work. To learn and memorize effectively, revisions are very important. All students must keep revising regularly the lessons being completed. Also, try to wind up your syllabus timely, so that you can utilize the remaining time for multiple revisions and practice sessions.
7. Ensure physical and mental fitness
A fit body and active mind will help you to prepare and learn better. All students must do any form of physical workout every day. From the busy study, sessions ensure to make out some time for a quick workout session. Taking care of mental well-being is equally important. Do meditation to stay calm, composed and enhance your brain functioning.
8. Proper sleep
For learning and preparing well for board exams, ensuring proper sleep is very important. Many students keep using phones and social media accounts till late at night. This leads to waking up late, being irregular to the classes, staying sleepy, lazy, and confused during the study hours. To avoid this, all students must go to bed early every night so that they can manage to wake up early too. Ensure to take a deep sleep of six to eight hours every night.
9. Stay positive
Board exams bring along a lot of stress and nervousness for students. In such times negative thoughts, self-doubt, fear, and overthinking keep revolving in students’ minds. This affects health and learning. All students must avoid this and stay positive. Keep trying, putting effort, and learning with dedication and consistency. Don’t overthink about anything else. Reading motivational quotes for students, interacting, and seeking advice from teachers, friends, and parents can help students to stay optimistic.
Conclusion
To score well in board exams and achieve academic success, students need to do effective studies and preparation. Following the above-mentioned tips that are following a proper study timetable, solving sample papers, ensuring proper sleep and health, staying positive, regularly revising, etc will help students to prepare effectively and efficiently for board exams.
