For students preparing for IIT/ NEET 2020, these 40 days lockdown period is crucial and they must utilize it in a proper way to secure a good rank in the examination. To guide the aspiring students, Jugaadin news talked to Er. Lalit Hooda, Director Arjuna Classes, Hisar and asked for his valuable suggestions for the students.

This is an extra time that students are getting for preparing for IIT / NEET exam. If properly planned, these extra days can be a future-changer in their plans and will help them achieve their desired goals. This bonus time will be used to focus on weak areas and subjects and to further reinforce the concepts said Er. Lalit Hooda.

If aspirants are not planned till how to prepare or utilize these bonus days of lockdown, then here I am providing some tips on how to prepare for IIT/NEET during the lockdown.

First and foremost thing that you all know “ Practice makes a man perfect”. So practice solving questions and mock papers more at this time and perform better in the examination. After solving the paper, work is not done. You must analyze the score and the part which requires extra time and effort from your side. NTA also provides mock tests for the different exams it conducts on its website.

Secondly, no doubt lockdown has increased the number of social media users but being an IIT/NEET aspirant you should focus more on your studies rather than social media and the internet. Divide the day or make a time table to manage the study and other work. Practice and study for at least 10-12 hrs a day and give equal time to each subject. Do some physical exercise daily to make yourself active and relaxed.

Third, this is the right time to make revision notes for IIT/NEET 2020, as it will help them to revise the highlighted parts of each subject. These revision notes would be useful at the time of the last-minute examination.

Fourth, if any problem exists or feels mentally depressed due to lockdown, talk to your teachers, friends and family members. For solving subject related queries, now every institute is offering online classes for students.

There is no substitute for hard work. This extra time is bliss for students preparing IIT/NEET 2020 examinations. Thus advised to follow these above-mentioned tips for preparations and work hard.

As the numbers are increasing, parents are worried about the children considering that children don’t have handwashing habits after playing, eating and studying. Though it has been said that children are less susceptible to the corona effect but we shouldn’t forget that their immune system is also weak.

Dr. Ajeet Taltia, Hisar- based leading pediatrician in an interview with Jugaadin News urged parents to stay calm and take reasonable precautions reminding children to frequently wash their hands, avoid shaking hands, maintain social distancing and adopt self-quarantine.

Dr. Ajeet’s 10 caring tips for parents to follow are:

1. Make them learn good hand wash practice: Make sure that children wash their hands when they come from outside, after using the washroom, and before eating anything. They should wash hands for 20seconds. Human contact is the real cause of the spreading of coronavirus, that’s why following good hygiene is mandatory. Tell them to use sanitizer if water and soap are not available.

2. Avoid shaking hands: In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, cities to states are lockdown so that no social gatherings would be there. Make your child aware of not shaking hands during this time and maintain a suitable distance with their friends.

3. Stock up for child’s essential medicines and requirements: as there is lockdown and everyone is under quarantine, thus being a parent it’s your responsibility to bring essential requirements and general medicines of children so as to avoid any emergency.

4. Avoid persons who have foreign travel history: The most vulnerable to the novel coronavirus is older people, foreign countries visited and those with some other medical conditions like diabetes and coronary Heart disease. As a result, parents are recommended to take extra precautions not to allow children to go anywhere and in-home quarantine also handles elder and young children with due care in a family.

5. Encourage playing indoor games: To reduce anxiety, promote good health and to remove the negativity that news channels spread,  families should prioritize indoor playing. This idea of playing, exercising indoor will help to improve the immune function of children.

Constantly reading news about the health crisis and the number of death increment may cause anxiety and panic among families. But it is recommended that families should give quality time and get engage in some fun activities with children. There are people called Doctors who are taking care of you.