CBSE Dost for Life App launched for mental well - being of students !

CBSE Dost for Life App has been launched for the mental well-being of students, earlier a toll-free number was being provided !

CBSE has launched a new app to help students deal with mental trauma amid the present situation of Covid-19. The Central Board of Secondary Education has launched CBSE Dost For Life app for psychosocial well-being of students. The app is available on Google Play Store.

The app is available for students from classes 9 to 12 in order to help them maintain their psycho social wellness. Earlier, the board was giving counselling through toll-free number across the country !

CBSE Dost for Life app features -

Choose your own time slot and connect with an expert -

The students and parents can choose any of the two time slots: 9.30 am to 1.30 pm or 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm and connect through a Chatbox as per their convenience. Counselling Sessions, the new app will simultaneously cater to students and parents from CBSE-affiliated schools in different geographies across the world. The live counselling sessions will be conducted free of cost, thrice a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday by the trained counsellors/principals. This year there are 83 volunteers out of which 66 are in India and 17 located in Saudi Arab, UAE, Nepal, Oman, Kuwait, Japan, and the USA. e.

CBSE app will provide information on

Suggestive Course guide after 10+2

Tips on Mental Health & Well Being

Corona Guide - (Daily Protocol, Learning from Home, Self-Care, FAQs) and

Rap songs

Audio-visual Messages

CBSE has prepared educative material on social, emotional, and behavioural issues such as exam anxiety, internet addiction disorder, depression, specific learning disability, substance use disorder, aggression, and life skills to sensitise students and masses. This can be accessed at website cbse.nic.in and YouTube channel of CBSE.

Weekly Q&A columns in leading newspapers

CBSE has already provided valuable advice in the month of April through and reached out to millions of students so far .and will continue to do so.

Mental Health and Well Being Manual

The board has also brought out a manual which discusses the interplay of school, family, and community for psychosocial well-being of students at different developmental stages. It has dedicated chapters on dealing with the current pandemic and COVID-appropriate behaviours. The manual is available at cbse.nic.in. !