Many introvert students don’t have friends to share their emotions.
All city colleges must have counselling centre to help students deal with their personal problems, feel professors following the attack on Chetna College of Commerce and Economics student Sonal Shah, 21, (name changed).
On December 22, Sonal’s classmate Nikhil Banker stabbed her eight times with a kitchen knife on the college premises and then killed himself. They were reportedly in a relationship a year ago.
“Students pursuing undergraduate courses are mostly above 18 years and naturally have relationship issues. In extreme cases, we request the parents to arrange for the counselling because colleges do not have such infrastructure,” said Shiv Prasad, professor and coordinator of self-finance courses at Chetna College.
Praveish Vishwanathan, the Khalsa College professor who started a Broken Heart Club at few colleges to support students struggling with relationship problems, said: “We know of several break-ups in college, but feel helpless. Every college should have an interpersonal counselling centre to help such students. It is as important as a career guidance centre.”
Also, many introvert students don’t have friends to share their emotions. Daisy Alexandria, principal of Rizvi Law College said, “Sometimes they don’t even open up with their parents, but may talk in front of others. The university should frame guidelines to start such centres in colleges.”
Dr Harish Shetty, psychiatrist also supported the idea.
“Like schools, colleges too should have counselling sessions to help youngsters, who often silently deal with such problems and may be not able to cope with it as they do not enjoy the support of family or friends.”
Students seeking to talk to a psychiatrist can call on the toll free helpline: 1860 266 2345
kanchan.srivastava@dnaindia.net
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