As more and more children face stressful experiences at an age where they ought to play, jump, and learn, schools will begin teaching them how not to be stressed while they are learning. The Ministry of Education is drawing up specific guidelines on protecting children from stress, guided by mental health professionals.

While each child in the school setting will be monitored, every teacher will undergo mental health training. It will enable the teachers to detect any stress among the students as they teach them.

Further, counseling and mediation will be introduced as a means of dealing with the stresses of the students. According to officials from the School Education Department of the Ministry of Education, the guidelines will be rolled out by the beginning of June. He stated that final discussions are currently underway with the states on this guideline.

According to Jagran sources, in the past few years, along with stress related to studies and exam results, cases of children suffering from cyberbullying, i.e., internet games, messaging apps, and other internet mediums, have also increased. Consequently, the new guidelines being developed focus on protecting children from all these aspects.

Especially since COVID-19, teaching through mobile phones and other digital media has been promoted in schools, which has increased their use among children. However, due to a lack of awareness about safe use, children have become engrossed in gaming or other internet media apps, which is considered a major cause of increased stress.

NITI Aayog also raised questions about the increasing cases of stress. The Ministry has launched this initiative at a time when NITI Aayog recently raised questions about the increasing cases of stress among children. It also stated that educational institutions have not acted on the initiative to appoint counselors to protect children from this problem.

Teachers haven't been trained to recognize children who are stressed. This is why the new guidelines being developed emphasize teacher training. Furthermore, attention is also paid to the safe use of digital media. This initiative includes regular meetings with parents and guardians in schools to discuss changes observed in children.