Objectives
1. To prepare the students for the University Examination.
2. To enlighten the students about the importance of developing good study habits.

An online session on ‘Mentoring by Alumni: Words of Wisdom- Tips for University Examination’ was held on 03rd June 2022, it was conducted on Google Meet and the resource people were the alumni of our college St. Teresa’s Institute of education. There were 46 participants for this workshop. It was organised by Dr. Cerena Dcunha and Professor Dr. Reshma Rodrigues.

The resource person for this session were the alumni Miss Felicita Rodrigues and Miss Upassana Sanghvi.

The session started by the alumni giving the student-teachers a brief about why is it important to not procrastinate with studies and the deadly impact of stress as a result of procrastination at the last moment during the exams. It was a real eye opener to all the students since everyone has experienced the ill effects of procrastination.

They further explained how one could prepare for the exam, the planning and scheduling that could be done, the way the units could be divided to skillfully to cover the entire portion. They also shared various tips to memorize the content such as skim reading, use of mnemonics, use of post-its/sticky notes, the number of points to be memorized according to the marks allotted to the question and to make good use of library resources to upgrade one's knowledge.

The students were guided to study for the MCQs by remembering important figures and dates. The alumni also suggested various ways to build concentration by having one’s own study space such as one's ‘study work station’. They asked the students to be calm during examination and the most important advice was to fill the cover page of the answer booklet with utmost care and precision, to read the questions carefully and to not panic.

The students were shown a short clip from the movie ‘3 Idiots' which was very inspiring. At the end, there was a question and answer round wherein everyone’s doubts were cleared. The session was very helpful as everyone were preparing for an offline examination after a long while. It was a very correct dose of motivation that was needed during the season of examination.

The session ended by a vote of thanks proposed by one of the student-teachers, Miss Siddhi Rajguru.