Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026 goes pan-India as 6.76 cr participate in programme

This edition of PPC saw over 4.5 crore registered participants and an additional 2.26 crore individuals who actively participated in various activities conducted connected to PPC

Updated on: Jan 27, 2026, 11:29:59 IST

By Sanjay Maurya

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The ninth edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s student interaction programme Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2026 has expanded into a pan-India dialogue with students across the country. This is for the first time that Pariksha Pe Charcha is being held outside Delhi.

The 8th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha was telecast on February 10 2025. (ANI file photo)

“The venues for the annual interactive programme ahead of board examinations 2026, marked a historic milestone as student interactions expanded across the country,” MyGovIndia portal said in a post on X.

In the video shared on MyGovIndia portal, PM Modi is seen interacting with students in Delhi, Coimbatore, Raipur, Dev Mogra and Guwahati.

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The ninth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha saw over 4.5 crore registered participants on MyGovIndia portal between December 1, 2025 to January 11, 2026 and an additional 2.26 crore individuals participated in various school-level activities from January 12 to January 23 taking the overall participation to 6.76 crore this year.

The first edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha was held on February 16, 2018. The 2026 edition is tentatively scheduled for the last week of January.

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Sanjay Maurya
Sanjay Maurya is a Principal Correspondent with Hindustan Times, where he covers education, with a focus on school and higher education, competitive examinations, education policy and governance. Working as part of the National Bureau, he is based in New Delhi and reports on the Ministry of Education and covers various statutory bodies like UGC, AICTE and NCTE and autonomous bodies like CBSE and NCERT. His reporting also tracks the implementation of key government reforms and policies from school education to higher education including in IITs, NITs, IIMs, central and state universities, and their impact on students and educational institutions. His reporting on the irregularities and rushed implementation of CBSE's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for evaluation of Class 12 board exams 2026, triggered administrative action, leading to the transfer of the board's two senior-most officials and the constitution of a committee to probe alleged irregularities in procurement process of the system. He joined Hindustan Times in December 2024. Prior to that, he had a three-year stint at Careers360, where he reported on school and higher education, entrance examinations, admissions, rankings and various education policies involving universities and professional education bodies. Over the years, Maurya has reported extensively on major developments in India's education sector, including the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA) following the NEET-UG 2024 controversy, changes in school education, higher education regulation, and the evolution of entrance examinations such as NEET, JEE and CUET. He regularly produces data-driven and explanatory stories based on government documents, parliamentary proceedings, court records and official data. His focus remains on helping readers understand how education policies and institutional decisions affect millions of students, teachers and educational institutions across the country.Read More

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