HRD Minister To Launch 'Manodarpan' Initiative on July 21; Students To Be Provided Psychosocial Support

The Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will be launching 'Manodarpan', an initiative under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, on July 21, 2020.

The initiative is taken to provide psychosocial help to the students for their mental health and well-being.

The occasion will take place in the presence of the Minister of State for HRD, Secretaries of the Department of Higher Education and the School Education and Literacy, and senior officials of the Ministry. 

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Nishank posted a video tweet, informing that the HRD ministry felt the need to focus on continuing education on the academic front as well as the mental-being of the students.

Despite this in the tweet he also mentioned that the ministry has taken an initiative named 'Manodarpan', covering a wide range of activities to provide psychosocial support to the students for their mental health and well-being during the pandemic outbreak and beyond.

The ministry said, "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."

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