Oman education: Parents advised to remain friendly, not push too hard

Muscat: Parents should be friendly, supportive, and must not push their children too hard, a post result CBSE Counsellor said on Sunday.
Her comments came after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was announced in the capital area on Saturday.
“The school results are not the last thing. There are a lot of opportunities which are coming up,” said Dr Sridevi P. Thashnath, Principal of Indian School Darsait, who was reappointed for the third consecutive year as the Post Result CBSE Counsellor to provide counselling services to students and their parents to overcome common psychological problems and field general queries after the declaration of Class X Class XII results. She also said the children should be respected and given some space.
“The last thing the parents should ever show is their anxiety regarding their children,” she said.
The Central Board of Secondary Education, in a statement, said the counselling sessions will begin from May 21 and will last till June 4, 2016.
“These will be conducted from 12 noon to 4 pm. It is a voluntary, free of cost service that students of Indian schools across the Sultanate of Oman can avail off,” the statement said.
The Central Board of Secondary Education Counselling is an outreach programme which is carefully designed keeping the heterogeneity of students’ population and its geographical spread.
The CBSE’s tele-counselling service is largely offered by trained counsellors and principals from within the CBSE affiliated schools located in India and outside India.
A total of 63 experts, including principals, trained counsellors from the CBSE-affiliated government and private schools and a few psychologists will be available for tele-counselling.
Out of these, 51 are from India and 12 from outside India, including Nepal, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Dammam), Oman, the UAE (Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah)
and Kuwait.
This is the 19th consecutive year that the CBSE is providing counselling services to students and parents.
During this phase, counselling facility for differently-abled children has also been arranged to take care of the needs and anxieties of special children with regard to the exam result.
The students and parents who require assistance may reach the principal at 99432243 or [email protected] from 12 noon to 4 pm.