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of the University to offer holistic and comprehensive services to students,
teaching community, and staff.

2. Given the provisions enshrined in the NEP-2020 mental health services
form an integral part of education in higher learning; the faculty members
of HEIs are encouraged to attend refresher course(s) on Counselling, Mental
Health, Well-being, and Mentoring Skills and Competencies. Human
Resource Development Centres (HRDC), Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
National Mission on Teachers (PMMMNMTs), and Teaching Learning
Centers of the country are to take up the responsibility of offering such
courses.

3. HEIs must respect linguistic, religious, cultural, and social diversity and
ensure that counselors with efficient linguistic skills can impart services to
students and teachers. Special care may be taken for LGBT students.

4. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), National
Board of Accreditation (NBA), and National Institutional Ranking
Framework (NIRF) may consider assigning certain points/grades for
provisions of SSCs in HEIs.

5. The records of various activities of SSC must be maintained properly and be
made available to NAAC, NBA, NIRF, etc., as and when required.

6. HEIs and SSCs must ensure the confidentiality of each case of student-
teacher counseling on mental health issues.

7. Motivational lectures and other activities promoting positive thinking
among the students should be regularly organized by the HEIs.

8. The course(s) on mental health may be included in the curriculum, with
some credits to be assigned for successful completion of the course.

9. The faculty members may also be allowed to avail the facilities regarding
physical fitness and mental well-being.

10. Manodarpan initiative should be used as psychosocial support to students,
teachers, and families for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing. Under
the initiative, Web-page named 'Manodarpan-Psychosocial Support for
Mental Health & Well-being has been created on the website of the Ministry
of Education (MoE). The Web-page contains advisory, practical tips, posters,
videos, do’s and don'ts for Psychosocial support, FAQs, and an online query
system. Also, a National Toll-free Helpline (8445440632) for a country-
wide outreach to students from schools, colleges, and universities has been
set up, which provides tele-counselling to address their mental health and
psychosocial issues.

11. Activities of SSC should be included in the Annual Report of HEI.

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