Lalitpur- Three out of every one thousand children in Nepal suffer from mental disorder.
This was stated by Aditya Dangol, Program Officer of the Foundation while speaking at the ‘Annual Principal’s Convention’ organized by the Sambhavya Foundation on Friday.
He also informed that 12.9 percent children in the age group of 13-17 years have mental health problems in Nepal.
Officer Dangol argued that, among the general public lack of proper knowledge about mental health is one of the major reasons of it. ‘So, Sambhavya is moving ahead with a major campaign to solve this problem by saying that ‘there should be a mental counsellor in every school’, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Caribbean School Principal Santosh Dahal said that at present most of the children have problems with the learning process due to ‘Digital Autism’. Stating that this problem appears in children from home, he said, ‘It seems that 30 percent of the children in Montessori are affected by this problem.’
Other participants in the program, which focused on the need for mental health in schools and how to access it, shared their experiences of an increase in antisocial activities such as depression and loneliness in most children after the Covid-19 epidemic.
He also stressed on the need for every parent and teacher to listen to their children carefully and try to understand them in order to solve the problem. Representatives of other concerned bodies and employees of the foundation were also present in the meeting which was mainly attended by the principals.
Founded in 2018 with the motto of at least ‘One School-One Counselor’, the organization has been supporting the education system through MA Clinical Psychology and Psychological Counseling Services.
Though established in Kathmandu, the foundation started its journey from schools in Sindhupalchok district for the first time and has so far provided services to about 4500 students from 16 schools in different districts.
