By IANS
New Delhi : Concerned about the increasing numbers of students committing suicide, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked all senior secondary schools in the capital to have full time counsellors.
Acting on a public interest petition, a division bench of Chief Justice M.K. Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Khanna ordered all schools to employ counsellors to ensure that stress levels amongst students reduces.
Counsel for the Directorate of Education (DoE) J.R. Midha informed the court that they had 104 counsellors who visited schools and helped students.
“We are satisfied by the steps taken up by DoE till now to combat stress levels in the students. Any other senior secondary school who wants to take help from the government can seek it. But make sure the counsellors should be there in all schools now,” the bench said in its order.