Principal Secretary, School Education Asgar Samoon on Tuesday said the department will be starting online career and mental health counselling for students in order to reduce their mental stress and keep them engaged with studies during the lockdown.
Samoon was speaking at a meeting which was attended by Director School Education Kashmir, Younis Ahmed Malik; SPD, SamagraShiksha, ArunManhas and Director School Education Jammu, Anuradha Gupta while Joint Directors and Chief Education Officers of J&K attended through video conference.
The Principal Secretary launched Manzilen-career guidance module for students, which has been prepared by the department in association with an NGO.
Stressing on the need for keeping children engaged with different activities and learning during the lockdown, Samoon directed the Directorate School Education Kashmir (DSEK) to engage experts from health department, UNICEF and IMHANS and career counsellors for counselling and guidance of students.
He asked them to engage with students and their parents by holding virtual interaction sessions on social networking sites like WhatsApp.
