Varsities in Jharkhand launch helplines to boost sagging morale of students

TNN | Apr 9, 2020, 05:00 IST

Ranchi: Following the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) directive, issued to all the universities in the country recently, to launch a helpline number for providing psychological aid to the students — suffering from stress and anxiety amid the ongoing lockdown — several universities in Ranchi have come forward to help the pupils.
On Wednesday, the Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) formed a committee — headed by the dean of CUJ’s students’ welfare body — and listed the committee members’ personal contact numbers as helpline numbers. CUJ registrar Hari Kumar said, “We have formed a seven-member committee, comprising medical experts and assistant professors, to help those students who are suffering from anxiety and stress.”
While Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University is yet to launch a dedicated helpline number for providing psychological aid to its students, the university already has a helpline number to help out students in their studies.
Ranchi University and Amity University, on the other hand, had already launched helpline numbers, exclusively dedicated to help the students in overcoming stress and anxiety.