With the T.N. Class 12 State Board exam results announced on Monday, May 6, 2024, the Health Department has launched counselling services through its health helpline ‘104’ and TeleMANAS (“Natpudan Ungalodu Mananala Sevai”) at ‘14416’.
The helplines were launched by the State government to counsel students enrolled for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and students have not passed the Class 12 board examinations.
In the academic year 2022-23, psychological counselling was provided to 46,932 students who did not qualify in the Class 12 board examinations. During counselling, 146 students (82 boys and 64 girls) were identified as ‘high risk’, and were referred to, and followed up by, the district psychiatrists and psychologists of District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) for continuous monitoring to ensure their well-being, according to a press release.
