Manodarpan: DSEJ nominates District and Zonal Counselling Co-ordinators
(Psychological support to studenst teachers and parents during COVID times)
Jammu: Directorate of School Education Jammu took a pioneering step regarding Quality Initiatives under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (Manodarpan) by nominating District and Zonal Counselling Co-ordinators to coordinate various counselling activities in respective districts of Jammu Division to provide psychological support and counselling to students, teachers, parents and members of community for mental health and emotional well-being. These DCCs and ZCCs with psychology background will play crucial role in awareness, in information dissemination and on ground implementation of these initiatives.
Manodarpan is an initiative of MHRD to provide psychological support and counselling to students, teachers and families for mental health and emotional well-being.
Ms. Anuradha Gupta, Director School Education Jammu while highlighting the importance of DCCs and ZCCs said that in view of Covid-19 pandemic, new forms of mental health concerns have emerged especially in kids, adolescents and specially abled children. So, educators with psychology background can play a crucial role in disseminating information about counselling/ well- being initiatives by HRD and Counselling Cell DSEJ at zonal level.
Romesh Kumar Head counselling cell divulged that counselling cell DSEJ has already taken a lot of counselling initiatives like constitution of counselling cells in DIETs and Schools , starting Aao Baat Karein Telecounselling Helpline, constitution of psychological task force , issuance of Annual Counselling Calender, series of webinars during this covid-19 pandemic time beforehand which are very much in line with objectives of Manodarpan.
It is pertinent to mention that Psychological Task Force consisting of teachers having PG in Psychology has already by constituted by DSEJ under the directions of Ms. Anuradha Gupta and were trained online to brush up their counselling skills by Counselling cell DSEJ in collaboration with Bhartiya Counselling Psychology Association. These nominated counselling coordinators will work in close coordination with DNOs at DIETs and counselling Cell DSEJ.
