Coimbatore: City Corporation on Friday launched a mental health initiative for 19,000 students from 83 corporate schools considering the pandemic, which has forced them to stay at home and attend online classes.
The corporate commissioner King Gopal Sunkara launched this initiative, which was being carried out by Aram Foundation Charital Trust and Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited.
Social workers will contact students and parents by telephone to get their responses about how the pandemic changes their lives and the difficulties they face, and suggest a suitable solution.
“We want to understand how children’s lives have changed in the past half a year.
There is a possibility of child labor, child marriage, losing interest in education for economic reasons regardless of mental behavior and health problems.
We want to contact all corporate school students to learn how to learn how Help them and how to deal with children during a pandemic, “Commissioner said.
This initiative will also help 10,000 school students from 30 elected government schools, said Latha Sundaram, manages the Aram Foundation Trustee.
“The survey will be completed in one more month and a report will be submitted to the Commissioner,” he said.
“We have avoided direct questions because students and parents may not want to share personal information.
Social workers have been trained to gather information to get the actual picture.” “Children who face the challenge will get individual attention from resource nara.
Resource team It will consist of psychologists, psychiatrists, motivators, doctors, counselors, guides and career counselors.
The main purpose of this exercise is to increase the child’s confidence and to prevent them from school, “said Latha.
“The identified problem will be resolved.
If a child cannot concentrate on the study because financial problems such as losing their parents work, the work will be regulated.
Likewise, if children cannot attend online classes because of the unavailability of gadgets, we will come up with a solution to overcome it.
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Drive Mental Health Health for Corpn School Students
