Toll-free exam counselling helpline launched for students
The Hindu
General Education Department has launched a toll-free telephone helpline for counselling and support
The higher secondary wing of the General Education Department has launched We Help, a toll-free telephone help centre to alleviate the anxiety and mental stress experienced by higher secondary students and their parents against the backdrop of the year-end examinations.
Students can call the phone number 18004252844 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for counselling support. The toll-free service will be available on all working days till the examinations conclude.
The counselling service at the help centre is provided by team of 10 trained Souhruda Club coordinators. We Help functions under the Career Guidance and Adolescent Counselling Cell of the higher secondary wing.
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