Persian Psychological Capital Atlas for Students Developed at School Levels

Director General of Educational Affairs, Counseling and Protection Against Social Harms says screening of 13,880,000 students last year marks a shift in paradigm and screening strategy for this year.

Director General of Educational Affairs, Counseling and Care Against Social Harms, referring to the screening of 13,880,000 students last year, announced the change of screening paradigm and strategy this year.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, quoted by the Ministry of Education, Samia Sadat Ebrahimi, Director General of Educational Affairs, Counseling and Care Against Social Harms, in the ceremony of concluding an operational memorandum of understanding on addiction prevention between the Educational and Cultural Deputy of the Ministry of Education and the Deputy of Prevention and Treatment of the Presidential Anti-Narcotics Headquarters, considered education and education to be the most effective institution in the field of social harm and addiction prevention and stated: Based on the tasks of the upstream documents on monitoring the mental and social health of students, the year In the past, we managed to psychologically screen 13,880,000 students in all grades except the twelfth grade under eight components.

Referring to the difficult conditions of the country and the closure of schools in the mentioned period, he added: despite these challenges, the counselors, teachers and school administrators continued to work with continuous effort and after the screening stage, they completed diagnostic interviews, clinical interventions and the process of dealing with students in need of psychological interventions without interruption. These specialized services were provided through 738 counseling centers across the country and were able to play a deterrent role in curbing injuries.

The director general of educational affairs, counseling and care against social harms of the Ministry of Education added: On this basis, components such as life expectancy, understanding of support from family, school and society, as well as students' resilience and empathy will be measured so that after the end of the screening, the atlas of psychological capitals, including life expectancy at the school, district and province levels, will be compiled and become the basis for the macro policies of the country.

Emphasizing the synergy of cultural, artistic, Koranic and counseling programs in reducing harm, Ebrahimi reminded: One of the most important programs of the Ministry of Education is to create a platform for student activism, which will help to improve self-esteem and self-confidence, strengthen the identity and mental health of students.