TS Govt initiates counselling for students in Gurukul schools, colleges
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2024-02-19 14:05 GMT
Hyderabad: At least 60 percent of students of Social Welfare schools and colleges of the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society face tough time due to exam tress and trauma following the incidents of continuous incidents of student suicides.
To cope up with the situations in all Gurukuls of Class X and Intermediate colleges, the State government on Monday initiated providing counselling to the students in a pilot project. The Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society has a total 268 institutions by sheltering around 1,50,000 students in the state.
Following the government directions, a committee comprising Suryapet District Welfare Officer Jyothi Padma and three psychologists -- Maheswari, Sravani and Anil have visited the school and college located in Imampet of Suryapet and provided counselling.
First time, the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society officials obtained assistance from the police department in allowing Motivational speakers from respective district crime branches to interact with the students and parents.
The officials said that three psychologists visited the Gurukul school and college in Imampet and initiated a counselling session. During the counselling, the Psychologists interacted with the students in getting details of students on why they face tough times, exam stress and trauma on issues.
"We also hired a motivational speaker from Suryapet Crime branch -- Satya to speak with the students and motivate them to prepare well for approaching exams. The women Psychologists will also stay in Gurukul hostels by interacting with the girl students at night by motivating them to be strong," officials said.
Meanwhile, the committee would also organise parents' meetings at the schools and colleges. A majority of parents who join their children in Gurukulas are financially poor. There is a need to interact with the parents to encourage their children to concentrate on studies. These programmes would give fruitful results," the district officials said.
The government is also keen to implement such counselling session in Gurukul hostels where the students face difficulties following a series of suicide incidents.
Following the government directions, a committee comprising Suryapet District Welfare Officer Jyothi Padma and three psychologists -- Maheswari, Sravani and Anil have visited the school and college located in Imampet of Suryapet and provided counselling.
First time, the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society officials obtained assistance from the police department in allowing Motivational speakers from respective district crime branches to interact with the students and parents.
The officials said that three psychologists visited the Gurukul school and college in Imampet and initiated a counselling session. During the counselling, the Psychologists interacted with the students in getting details of students on why they face tough times, exam stress and trauma on issues.
"We also hired a motivational speaker from Suryapet Crime branch -- Satya to speak with the students and motivate them to prepare well for approaching exams. The women Psychologists will also stay in Gurukul hostels by interacting with the girl students at night by motivating them to be strong," officials said.
Meanwhile, the committee would also organise parents' meetings at the schools and colleges. A majority of parents who join their children in Gurukulas are financially poor. There is a need to interact with the parents to encourage their children to concentrate on studies. These programmes would give fruitful results," the district officials said.
The government is also keen to implement such counselling session in Gurukul hostels where the students face difficulties following a series of suicide incidents.