Chennai In the corporation schools, the corporation administration plans to hire counselors to help students who are lagging behind and improve their academic performance.
Chennai Corporation schools report that students are drifting away from education due to relationships, drugs, alcohol, stress and depression.
In this situation, the Corporation plans to hire 15 full-time counselors for 30 schools in the Chennai Corporation. They will be given a monthly salary of 30000 rupees. DOI has informed that they will be employed from August.
Teachers who are already overburdened are unable to provide adequate guidance to students. Therefore, it has been decided to appoint counselors to prevent disruption of students’ education.
“Teachers are also under stress after the pandemic. They need to complete their lessons. “At the same time, students have lost interest in studies after the pandemic, so we need counsellors,” the schools said.
NGOs like Arunothaya and SCARF (Schizophrenia Research Foundation) play a role in some schools in Chennai. One Arunothaya Social Worker is working in each of the 22 Corporation Schools in North Chennai. These counselors come every week to talk about love, infatuation, menstrual hygiene, and safe and unsafe touching. They refer children to counselors for one-on-one sessions, said Virgil de Samy, executive director of Arunodaya.
“We plan to work with families and communities, not just students,” said Sharanya Ari, Deputy Commissioner (Education), Chennai Corporation.
