Exam Fear? Assistance is Here
School qualifying examinations are hyped to such a degree that for a toddler , failure in it's the top of the planet . the strain is immense. But assistance is at hand.

Helpline services like the Direct Intervention System for Health Awareness (DISHA), launched by the district’s National Rural Health Mission, help students face exams better.

The service has been diversified since March 2013, when it had been launched primarily to counsel students. The past week (March 3 to 9) was dominated by calls from students — over 640. Even when DISHA touched the 30,000-mark in December last year, it had been examination-stress-related calls that accounted for over half this figure at 16,051.

All calls are attended by the 21 counsellors and that they forward cases that need more ‘effective management’ to a member of an empanelled team of doctors, says nodal officer of DISHA B. Unnikrishnan.

Symptoms

 A doctor on call is P.S. Kiran, who is additionally the nodal officer. He was forwarded five calls over the past week from students.
The symptoms are nearly always similar. an honest night’s sleep is usually the primary casualty. Other issues are palpitations and breathing difficulty. Students get distracted and struggle to retain facts which only fuels their panic.

Counselling is completed in two parts.
The primary involves relaxing the kid by prompting him/her to try to to breathing exercises, hear music, or take a walk.
The second is more complicated especially since it done instantly and over the phone as doctors plan to change the attitude of the kid , Dr. Kiran says. “We tell them to shift their focus from the exam result to the trouble at hand. Students are often made to believe that it's a turning point which their life are going to be ruined if they are doing not had best ,” he added.

Since mid-January, the DMHP has organised awareness classes in around 15 schools within the district. Students don't articulate their concerns to oldsters , who they fear will only reprimand them. Teachers too add on the pressure to make sure that the varsity gets the 100 per cent pass label. So, the scholars haven't any one to speak to. During such camps, students are urged to open up to a minimum of a couple of of their close friends or to call the helpline number of DISHA, 1056.