Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' will be launching the Manodarpan initiative, which covers a wide range of activities to provide psycho-social support to students for their mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry will launch the initiative virtually tomorrow i.e. July 21, 2020 at 11 am.
Through a video tweet, Mr Pokhriyal informed that during the COVID pandemic, the HRD Ministry felt the need to focus on continuing education on the academic front and the mental well-being of the students.
He further said that the Ministry has, therefore, taken up an initiative, named, ‘Manodarpan ' covering a wide range of activities to provide psycho-social Support to students for their Mental Health & Well-being during the COVID outbreak and beyond.
The ‘Manodarpan ' initiative has been included in the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, as a part of strengthening human capital and increasing productivity and efficient reform and initiatives for the education sector.
Dear Parents, Teachers, and Students!
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) July 20, 2020
Now the results are out, and admissions have started, children would be having psychosocial issues, especially during these unprecedented times of #COVID19. To address such concerns, I am launching #MANODARPAN tomorrow at 11 AM. pic.twitter.com/c53axW8V3G
Mr Pokhriyal appealed to all the students, teachers and parents across the country to join the initiative to keep a healthy lifestyle and lead a stress-free life.
