Send to friendThe first phase of CBSE counseling has begun from today the 1st of Feb. and will continue upto 8th April, 2010.
This is the 13th consecutive year that CBSE will be providing counseling services to students and parents during examinations to overcome anxiety and examination related stress.
The CBSE outreach programme is carefully designed keeping the heterogeneity of students’ population and geographical spread. Multiple modes of communication such as telephonic counseling, Question Answers columns in news papers, Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) and online counseling through CBSE website is used to reach out to more and more examinees during this phase.
1. CBSE TELE COUNSELLING:
CBSE started this pioneering community work 13 years back in 1998 for
the first time. The highlights of CBSE Tele-counselling are:
(i) It is offered by trained counselors and Principals from within CBSE
affiliated schools located in and outside India.
(ii) It is a voluntary, free of cost service provided by the participants.
This year as many as 52 Principals, trained counselors from CBSE affiliated
govt. and private schools, psychologists and social scientists are operating this
helpline from 8 a.m upto mid-night from locations like Delhi, Noida,
Chandigarh, Meerut, Jaipur, Faridabad, Bhubaneswar, Vishakhapatnam,
Jamnagar, Jabalpur, Coimbatore, Bhopal, Nagpur, Bangalore, Guwahati,
Kerala, Ludhiana, Kanpur, Bhilai, and Pune across India. There are 3
helpline centres outside India also at Kuwait, Dubai and Doha Qatar.
Counselling for Specially Abled Children
The facility to provide counseling to specially abled children was started by
the CBSE last year to take care of the needs and anxiety of special children. The facility is available this year also.
Centralized Access
For better accessibility and convenience of the students, CBSE has for the first
time setup a Centralized Call System. The students can call on the following
numbers and get in touch with counselors for one to one telephonic counseling from 8 a.m upto mid-night.
011-22236110
011-22236111
011-22236112
011-22236113
2. IVRS:
First to be introduced by any Board of Education in the country,
CBSE has made a unique effort to provide Tele-counseling through Interactive
Voice Response System (IVRS) mode. The service is available for the sixth
consecutive year on BSNL/Airtel/ Reliance Phone.
For BSNL (Landline & Mobile) and Airtel it is available on 1250102. For
Reliance (CDMA) this service is available on 55500102.
3. QUESTION-ANSWER COLUMNS:
CBSE has tied-up with national papers Like The Hindu, Hindustan
Times and for the first time with Deccan Chronicle for weekly Question Answer Columns throughout the month of February to answer queries of students by CBSE experts.
4. ON-LINE COUNSELING:
Public can also log on to the CBSE website and Interact with Chairman
on exam related issues. The Director (Academic) and Controller of
Examinations, CBSE can also be contacted for On-line counseling on:
diracad.cbse@yahoo.co.in, mcsharma2007@rediffmail.com.
Read more at http://cbse.nic.in/Helpline_Press_Note_2010.pdf
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