Increased availability of interventions
DELHI
Participants recommended that problem‐solving interventions could be made routinely available throughout the academic year and offered as a universal “life skills” intervention.[Counsellors] are not available in school through the year, [but] they should be available… I think all students should get some counselling. There should be a dedicated period of counselling like we have for other subjects, which will help more students reach out for help. They [counsellor] have offered counselling to existing students, but since they are not there, many new students don't get the chance. We should have a counsellor permanently in the school, like a teacher… So, if there is a permanent counsellor, then all the [students] can share their problems with them readily. It's not like there are just 1 or 2 students [who need help], there are thousands. Some participants in both arms proposed that the interventions should be extended to younger age groups and implemented on a wider scale across schools.This counselling programme took place in a few schools of Delhi. I think this should be implemented in all schools. Expanding these services will help adolescents like me, who otherwise get very little support from others in working through problems. I think the counselling will benefit all. 