CorStone to work on Adolescent well-being at 35,000 Bihar govt schools

Adolescents in all Government Middle Schools and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) in Bihar will receive a well-being programme through a three-year collaboration between CorStone and the Education Department, Government of Bihar.

Bihar Government has roped in CorStone to institutionalise well-being training within the government structure. The CorStone curriculum will also be adapted and integrated into all school textbooks by the academic year 2024. CorStone will provide curriculum, training, technical advice and monitoring support to the Education Department to help ensure the adoption and sustainability of the programmes across all 38 districts of the state.

The programmes are expected to reach approximately 35,000 government schools and 534 KGBVs, providing well-being skills to over 3.5 million Standard VI-VIII students annually.

Sajjan R, Director - SCERT, Bihar Government said: “Promoting the wellbeing of students is crucial to their mental health, educational attainment and holistic development. This is also the focus of the NEP 2020. The role of schools and teachers in ensuring this cannot be emphasized enough. Resilience and well-being are being included in all our teacher training, and the first orientation of 40,000 teachers has recently been completed. We hope to reach every middle school in Bihar so that students can learn about their strengths, become resilient and stay mentally healthy in difficult times. The Department is committed to integrating well-being into the state training curricula and textbooks and orienting teachers in early identification and psychosocial support. We are happy to work with CorStone to ensure that this becomes a reality.”

Adolescents in all Government Middle Schools and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) in Bihar will receive a well-being programme through a three-year collaboration between CorStone and the Education Department, Government of Bihar. The partnership will expand CorStone’s Youth First and Girls First resilience programmes across the state in order to enhance the holistic well-being and development of adolescents as per the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

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