Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 27: In its endeavors to de-stress and facilitate students appearing in upcoming Board exams in summer zone of Jammu Division, the Directorate of School Education has provided exam stress management counseling to about 30,000 students of Government schools.
Experts from Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Fortis Health Care New Delhi, Bharti Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Bharti (Airtel) Enterprise, counseling cell DSEJ members and officials of Education Department working in counseling cells at different levels conducted group counseling sessions on exam stress management, study skills, exam writing skills etc.
The Bharti Foundation has trained about 227 teachers of 187 schools in seven districts on various counselling skills including exam stress management skills, goal setting, career guidance etc. through professionals hired for the purpose. These teachers are imparting skills to the students going to appear in board exams.
Meanwhile, online sessions were also conducted by Romesh Kumar Sharma, I/C counselling cell DSEJ connecting almost 60 ICT/CAL schools of Jammu division benefitting approximately 2000 students. The students raised several queries about various issues related to exams stress, memory enhancement, forgetting, study during exams etc. which were answered by the Resource person. Besides, different programmes related to exam stress management are being organized through different media platforms like radio FM, television etc.
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