CBSE counseling to exam-weary students

New Delhi, Feb 7: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will provide counselling to de-stress students during exams, the Board announced on Monday.The counseling will be provided over the phone to students of all CBSE-affiliated government and private schools. The service will be available to CBSE affiliated schools located abroad as well. The helpline will start functioning on February 9 and will continue till April 29. Counseling is open to parents of the students too. A total of 90 Principals, trained counselors from CBSE-affiliated government and private schools, a few psychologists and special educators will participate in tele-counselling and address exam related psychological problems of the students.Of these, 68 will be available in India, and 22 abroad in Nepal, Japan, Saudi Arabia (Al-Khobar, Jeddah), Oman, the UAE (Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al-Khaimah), Kuwait, Singapore, and Qatar.This will be the 20th consecutive year when the CBSE will be giving tele-counselling to students during exams. The students can dial a toll-free number 1800 11 8004 from any part of the country to connect to the counselors between 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Four special educators will help the differently-abled students. Online counseling will also be available at counselling.cecbse@gmail.com.