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New school guidelines to focus on cyberbullying, gaming addiction, and student mental health
In response to the increasing stress among children, the Ministry of Education is developing detailed guidelines for schools. Teachers will be trained and taught stress-free strategies.
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.
