The MKP (PG) College, Dehradun, held a workshop on exploring ways to reduce students' stress, on the campus on Monday. State Principal Secretary (Women's Empowerment and Child Development) Radha Raturi was the chief guest on the occasion. The organising team member, Dr Sangeeta Khullar said that the objective of this workshop was to solicit the views of all the stake holders, students, teachers, parents and administrators regarding student stress, its causes and how it can be reduced.
The second part of the proceedings was focused on group discussions with students, parents and teachers, separately. The workshop began at 10.30 am and continued till 4 pm. It was supported by the department of women's empowerment and child development, Government of Uttarakhand.
Experts gave the keynote address, touching upon the various aspects of stress in the students. An interactive session between the participants and the experts followed. A blue print for the counseling of students, parents and teachers emerged in course of the workshop. The post-lunch session of the workshop was the plenary session where Krishna Avtaar gave a talk on the cause of student stress and then the outcomes of the focused group discussions were presented before the panel.
The plenary session was moderated by Anuradha Singh, head of department, Psychology, MKP (PG) College. Among those present on the occasion were college principal Indu Singh, Geeta Balodi, Anjali Bhatia, Geeta Khanna, Additional SP Mamta Vohra, Richa Kamboj, Tulika Chandra and Arti Sisodia.