It is true to date that a healthy mind will only reside in a healthy body. If you know what it means, you are 100% aware of why mental health is essential for students. But ask yourself; are children, especially those who go to school, aware of it? Mental health has become even more critical today, and that’s why Ideal Education Point (New Choudhary Public School) brings you this article.

Mental Health and Students: An Overview

Just like our physical health is focused on taking care of external health (weight, fitness, etc.), our mental health is linked with our emotional, social, and psychological aspects of life. Our mental health is responsible for our actions that respond to what we see, feel, and observe.

What we are today, its roots go back to our childhood and school life. That’s why our foundational years must be built on sound mental health. Here are some tips for the same.

• Teach children about the importance of mental health from the very beginning.
• Teach young ones about the relevance of thoughts and emotions.
• Teach little ones that hiding emotions from elders are not a proper way to deal with your feelings.
• Parents should openly and honestly communicate with children.

How can teachers help with the student’s mental health?

The teachers at Schools in Jaipur are very close to the students. If we think about it, teachers are also human first. Only a human can understand how hard it is to maintain mental health, which is very important for students. Here’s how your teacher can do his part.

• Teachers can understand if something is off with the students by observing expressions and body language.
• Teachers can personally ask a student, is he doing well and if she thinks something is odd with him.
• Educators can conduct regular classroom-level workshops to make the students aware of mental health and its importance.
• Teachers can ensure to keep the classes as fun, engaging, positive, and creative as possible to keep all the students mentally fit.
• Start the class after a 10-15 minute session where students and teachers can have a healthy discussion and share feelings and ideas. It will positively affect the students’ mental health, but it will also begin the class on a mental note.

Benefits of good mental health in students

• Increase in the capacity to learn.
• Positive social behavior.
• Increase in productivity.
• Enhancement of creativity.
• Development of better physical health.
• Increase in life confidence.

Increase in the capacity to learn: Our mental health is directly connected to our brain, so the more sound it is, the better our learning capacity.  

Positive social behavior: Our behavior with others indeed reflects how we feel. If our mental health is sound, we will behave happily with others.

Increase in productivity: Our body is the action taker, but our mind is the action maker. Positive thought processes make the action more suitable and thus increase productivity.

Creativity enhancement: Again, creativity comes directly from the brain and mind—nothing else to say here.

Development of better physical health:  A healthy mind lives in a healthy body. However, the vice versa is also true. Our mind and body work together to make us function. Therefore, a healthier mind means we will function better.

Increase in life confidence: Mentally stable students are more confident, which is needed to excel at everything in school and life.  

As Ideal Education Point (New Choudhary Public School), An English medium school in Jaipur, we believe that taking these measures will drastically keep the students’ mental health sound and well-being. Thank you for reading.

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