Mangaluru: National Institute of Karnataka Karnatakal Technology will revive students’ counseling facilities, which are placed in the backburner because of a pandemic.
This development came after a BTECH student was found depending on the institutional dormitory room on Sunday.
Counseling facilities on campus for students are available to covid induced stalls announced, and classes are shifted into online mode.
Director Nitk K U Umaheshwar Rao said, “We will reach students and ask them to speak with our advisors, or receive help for any problems.” The institution has one full-time counselor at the health center, and has an additional counselor from a private hospital that visits the Institute.
Narendranath S, Dean, the welfare of students, said, “We have planned a session for 100 students by a counselor expert from the region.
We will have more counselors to help students face depression, suicide thinking or any financial difficulties that hinder academic performance They.
“Next, he said the Institute had helped students with financial problems.
“Last year, the faculty helped a student from Financial Bihar, and our alumni spread throughout the world there was always to help students like that,” he added.
Other faculty members said students were hesitant to take the assistance of the counselor due to social stigma and fear of being isolated from other students.
At present only the third and fourth year students are on campus, after the gap of nearly 18 months.
Some second year students have also returned on campus.
Meanwhile, second BTECH students and the first year have not arrived on campus.
30 NIT students commit suicide in 8 years Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan told Lok Sabha on December 20, 2008 (IITS), the Indian Institute of Management (IIMS), Indian Science Institute (IISC), Central University and other higher education institutions have ended life They commit suicide.
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