JEEVANI- A PREVENTIVE AND PROMOTIONAL MODEL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN COLLEGES
College life provides variety of experiences to the students which help in their personal growth and identity achievement. It is the time they start enjoying their rights and freedom, celebrating love and friendship and also become aware about their responsibilities. The help of a Psychologist would be very valuable at this stage. Here comes the relevance of the project Jeevani by the Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala, which focuses on the mental well-being of the students in the government colleges in Kerala. Project Jeevani intends to improve awareness and promotion of mental health among college students along with ensuring early identification of psychological issues among these students. The Jeevani counselors will be with the students in their journey in college, sharing their joys and sorrows, helping them with their pains. Such a psychological help would definitely prove to be of immense benefit to the students. This will be a milestone as far as the state of Kerala is concerned, and this can also be a model for other states in the area of mental health.
The main roles of a Jeevani counselor includes individual counseling of students, conducting mental health promotional activities, evaluating students needs and problems in the college environment etc
List of programs conducted by Jeevani at CKGM Govt. College, Perambra:
August,2019
Conducted a meeting of students who are interested to work with Jeevani. On 19/08/2019 we started a club named ‘Jeevani club’ and selected club coordinates and executive members.
October, 2019
Conducted a meeting of Jeevani executives and members to discuss about celebration of World Mental Health day. On 10/10/2019, Thursday. Conducted a mental health awareness class for NSS volunteers and Jeevani club members. Poster making competition was also conducted. Students participated and supported very well.
December,2019
Started taking classes at different departments. The topic was Effective Learning and Memory Improvement. On 18/12/2019, college level of Jeevani inauguration was celebrated and along with a class was conducted on Counseling and Personality Development by Dr. Arun Kumar P, Assistant professor, Department of educational psychology, GCTE Kozhikode. On 24/12/2019, an awareness class on Learning and Exam Anxiety for NSS students was conducted.
February,2019
Awareness classes on the topic Effective Learning and Exam Anxiety was conducted for Bsc Maths third year students and Bcom first year students. A class was conducted on the topic The Art of Public speaking by J.C Niyas, Psychologist and JCI trainer.
