According to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the ministry of education is creating a comprehensive framework of guidelines to protect student’s mental and emotional health.
In all educational establishments across the nation, there should be zero tolerance for any form of discrimination, according to the minister of education and skill development.
According to Pradhan, “the ministry is developing a comprehensive framework of operational guidelines to protect students’ mental and emotional health, which will cover all types of educational institutions, from K–12 to higher education.”
He further added, “The framework will institutionalise safeguards and mechanisms that can ensure comprehensive protection to students from any threat or assault- physical, social, discriminatory, cultural, and linguistic; causing psychological distress leading to self-harming and self-destructive tendencies among students.”
Senior representatives from the school and higher education department, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and University Grants Commission attended a high-level review meeting that Pradhan was in charge that focused on students’ mental wellness. (UGC).
