in bringing about emotional agility and wellness. To specifically address approximately 10% challenged mindsets creating healthier & happier individuals for a flourishing society.
The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 envisions the aim of education will not only be cognitive development, but also building character and creating holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with the key 21st century skills, such as communication, cooperation, teamwork, and resilience. It puts forth that learning that nurtures the development of such competencies among students would enable building character in them. Mental health and well-being of students provide the foundational base for imparting holistic development and nurture in students' qualities/life skills that assist them in their growth, self-preservation, and sustainable development. It is important to understand that mental well-being is interlinked with all aspects of health — physical, social, emotional — and any compromise in one aspect necessarily has an impact on all others.
Understanding students' concerns in the context of their course of development is imperative to take proactive measures and to plan psycho-educational interventions to facilitate students to maximize their potential. According to the survey conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training, 2022, shows the perception of children. It demonstrates that they have varied experiences in school related to.
These have immense impact on their lives as students and also beyond into adulthood. School environment creates a context for the students to experience a variety of feelings or emotions. These are at the core of the children’s lives and form the basis of feeling of self-worth, and therefore, are crucial.
A view gathered of personal self is an individual’s perception in regard to being able to adapt, physical appearance, responsibility and satisfaction with personal and school life and confidence.
AMWA ensures we move towards a preventive approach with a focus on nurturing and strengthening students' mental and emotional well-being, and not limiting to providing support for addressing students' deficits. AMWA follows NEP, 2020, by taking proactive measures and therefore planning psycho-educational interventions for facilitating every student in maximizing one's potential and achieving a positive state of mental health.
AMWA Call for Action
The role of teachers in supporting social and emotional learning has been recognized, but preparing teachers for well-being and competence is a low priority in teacher preparation programs. This calls for strengthening the training of teachers, both at pre-service and in-service levels, to ensure every student's mental and emotional well-being.
ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ।
May all sentient beings be at peace
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