As students try to cope with exam pressure, experts say parents must make their children realise that marks are not everything in life.

"Parents must make children realise that one bad result is not the end of life," says Samir Parikh, consultant psychiatrist at Delhi's Max Hospital.

"Parents have the most important role here," he says, "but often parents become more worried about results than their children."

Stating that learning from mistakes is the key to moving ahead in life, Parikh says: "What has happened is not the main thing, what is to be learnt is more important."

"If you have a bad percentage, ask your elf where I should improve," is Parikh's advice to those who fail to score well.

Parikh says that instead of moping over the results for a long time, students should focus on what lies ahead of them in life.

"Marks have very limited value. You can do well if you want to do well in life," he adds.