The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)will provide online counselling and through telephone and newspapers from next month to students appearing for board examinations to help them overcome exam-related stress.
In a statement, CBSE said this year 76 principals, trained counsellors and psychologists will participate in tele-counselling to address exam-related psychological problems of the students. While 60 counsellors are in India, 16 are located in Nepal, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait.
Students of Class X and XII in India can reach out to the CBSE helpline at 1800-11-8004 in case of exam-related anxiety, stress or other queries. The pre-exam counselling for students and parents will begin from February 1 and will continue till April 22, the statement said.
In addition, CBSE experts will also answer queries of students through weekly "Question-Answer" columns in major national newspapers in February. For online advice, students can contact counselling.cecbse@gmail.com and sugandh.cbse@gmail.com, while information about techniques to cope with exam-related anxiety is also provided through the websites. For the seventh year, CBSE has arranged counselling for differently-abled children to take care of the needs and anxiety of special children, the statement added.
