NCERT Survey 2022 – Key Insights

Mental Health and Well-being of School Students – Survey, 2022 (Class VI to XII, across India)

Reference – https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/Mental_Health_WSS_A_Survey_new.pdf

Mental health issues faced by teenagers are neither easily identified nor acknowledged well, to elders it seems minor life issues and leads to ignorance. The survey outcomes give us a broad idea of the real scenario and some of the key findings are shown below. These issues not just affect the students but also the whole family where some basic guidance and simple interventions can be extremely effective strategies as primordial prevention.

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

— Albus Dumbledore.

1- Satisfaction with Body Image

55

45% of school students are not satisfied with body image.

2 – Satisfaction with Personal life

51

49% of school students are not satisfied with their Personal life.

3 – Satisfaction with School life

73

27% of school students are not satisfied with School life.

4 – Complying to Peer Pressure most of the time

33

31% of students report burden of Complying to Peer Pressure most of the time

5 – Self-trustworthiness

70

30% of students feel a lack of Self-trustworthiness

6 – Causes of Anxiety (Studies, Exam, Results)

81

81% of students face Studies, Exams, and Results as causes of anxiety.

7 – Feeling of Anxiousness

11

8 – Feeling of Extreme Emotions

14

9 – Mood Swings

43

10 – Difficulty in Learning Content Online

51

11 – Feeling Hopeful in Stressful Situations

39

  • Students at the secondary stage perceived studies, exams and results as the major reason for anxiety, which is lower at the middle stage. Gender picture shows girls being more anxious than boys on this aspect. Experiences of mood swings as an intense emotion was reported higher in the secondary stage than the middle stage.
  • NEP, 2020 also recommends taking pro-active measures and therefore, planning psycho-educational interventions for facilitating every student in maximising one’s own potential and achieving a positive state of mental health.

Limitations of the Survey
The survey made efforts to seek information from students studying at the middle and secondary stage (Class VI to XII) from different types of schools in the country. Participation in the survey was voluntary and therefore it was limited to those who were willing to take part in it. The survey being conducted through online mode (Google Form) did not have any scope of interaction with the respondents.

Further Readings

Check the table of contents of our book “Building Inner Strength : A guide to mental health for teenagers.” which is an intervention at the primordial prevention level.

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