For the 20th consecutive year CBSE will be providing psychological counselling services to the students at the time of preparation as well as during the examinations to overcome exam related stress. The pre-exam psychological counselling for students and parents will begin from February 9, 2017 from 8am to 10pm, and will continue up to April 29, 2017.
For CBSE tele-counselling, 90 principals, trained counsellors from CBSE affiliated Government and private schools, few psychologists and special educators will participate in tele-counselling and address exam related psychological problems of the students. 68 of them are available in India while 22 are located in Nepal, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Al-Khobar, Jeddah), Sultanate of Oman, UAE (Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al-Khaimah), Kuwait, Singapore and Qatar. It is a voluntary, free of cost service provided by the participants.
Students can dial a centralised toll free number 1800 11 8004 from any part of the country which will give centralised access to CBSE helpline. While the general queries will be answered by the operators, students will be connected to the principals or counsellors in case of exam related anxiety or stress.
For differently abled students, there four special educators. Online counselling will also be available at counselling.cecbse@gmail.com.
For more information, log on to www.cbse.nic.in.