CBSE's pre-exam counselling begins today

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will provide psychological counselling to students and parents from January 1 with an aim to equip them with tools and techniques for navigating exam stress.

A press release issued by the board mentioned that the CBSE will provide psychological counselling facility to students and parents from January 1, 2024. The exam schedule for practical and theory papers has already been announced from January 1, 2024 and February 15, 2024 respectively. The psychological counselling has been aligned accordingly for students' facilitation'.

As per CBSE, the psychological counselling services is designed as part of the board's outreach programme which caters to the heterogeneous students' and parent's population and vast geographical network of schools. The programme will be organised to help students overcome exam related anxiety.