Helpline to help kids overcome fear of Maths
begins today
Express News Service
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The Mathematical Sciences Foundation (MSF) will soon launch
a helpline for Class X and XII math students on Thursday. It
will be operational till February 21 and manned by the faculty
from 9am to 2 PM. Students can send in their queries by phone,
fax or e-mail. The faculty will focus on math queries as well
as help students with other emotional and psychological problems.
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And at other helplines for students appearing for Board examinations,
which were activated just a few weeks back, call-evaluation
shows a new trend this year ---- students are asking more CBSC-related
questions. Snehi, an NGO that started its helplilne in January,
says on an average it gets 40 calls a day. And this number primarily
asks CBSC- related questions and not just seek emotional and
psychological help.
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So far the call centre has received 561 calls from students,
parents, teachers and even school counsellors. While 110 of
these callers were Class X students, 129 were Class VII students.
Almost 118 asked questions about CBSC (they were referred to
the Board office). Almost 104 callers suffered from different
levels of emotional and psychological problems- - most of them
related to relationships.
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Last year, the helpline had attended to 1,447 calls of which
majority were students who were psychologically distressed and
emotionally perturbed.
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About 20 per cent of the calls last year sought specific information
regarding exams. Last year 46 students had psychological problems
of which 14 were suicidal.
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