Pallavi Smart pallavi. smart@ mid- day. com WITH board examinations just about a week away, many students are expected to fret about preparedness and the scores. Understanding their plight, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ( NCPCR) has started an initiative on social media platforms to ease their anxiousness.
The NCPCR has asked the schools to introduce their students from Std IX to XII to its official Facebook and Twitter handles u2014 @ NCPCR. Official and @ NCPCR_, respectively. Here, experts as well as a team of psychologists will be available to address the issues of the students. The aim is to create a mood of celebration around exams instead of stress, and to ensure no student takes any drastic step due to the pressure.
Though Pariksha Parv has been introduced to help the struggling students, teachers have complained that it will add additional burden.
u201c Not only board but other examinations are also fast approaching.
We already have too many academic commitments. Amid this, this training has increased our workload.
Teachers at some schools are already trained to counsel students appearing for board exams,u201d said a teacher of a Bandra school.
A teacher from Goregaon school pointed out that u201c it is a bit late for this initiativeu201d and the u201c last- minute talks wonu2019t help muchu201d. Stressing over board exams? Experts on FB, Twitter to help you Commission for children introduces an initiative to offer help to students struggling with preparations for the examinations
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