Archive · 19 Sep 2026
CISCE Launches Student Mental Health Initiative for October-November
CISCE is starting a program to help students talk about mental health.
Schools will take part during October and November.
Students in Classes VI to XII will have one discussion each week for four weeks.
Teachers will guide conversations about stress, feelings, digital life, drugs and healthy choices.
They will also discuss how students can become stronger and ask for help.
Schools will share what they learn and describe useful mental health practices.
Some students and teachers will take part in online regional meetings and a national meeting.
The program will use student ideas to help create a plan for healthier and kinder schools.
CISCE has announced a student mental health and well-being initiative for October and November.
More than 3,300 affiliated schools will hold weekly classroom discussions for students in Classes VI to XII.
Topics include academic stress, emotional well-being, digital life, substance abuse, resilience and help-seeking.
Selected students and teachers will join regional online conclaves before a national conclave in November.
The initiative aims to develop a student mental health and well-being index and publish 10 outstanding school practices.
- Who
- The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, students, teachers and public policy experts.
- What
- A student mental health and well-being conclave and school discussion initiative.
- When
- Classroom discussions will take place over four weeks in October, followed by regional meetings and a national conclave in November.
- Where
- Across more than 3,300 CISCE-affiliated schools, with regional meetings held online and a national conclave bringing together participants from different regions.
- Why
- To address concerns about student well-being, support resilience and help-seeking, and develop a framework for future action aligned with the National Education Policy.
- Organiser
- Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)
- Participating schools
- More than 3,300 CISCE-affiliated schools
- Student groups
- Students in Classes VI to XII
- Classroom format
- One 40-45-minute discussion each week for four consecutive weeks
- Discussion themes
- Stress and academic pressures, emotional well-being, digital life, relationships, substance abuse, healthy choices, resilience and help-seeking
- National outcome
- Development of a student mental health and well-being index
- Recognition
- Ten outstanding school-based best-practice submissions will be published in a national compendium