Instagram, Fortis launch guide to help students readapt to offline classes, manage exam stress

NEW DELHI: Instagram has launched a guide to help students coming back to schools after a gap of two years readapt to offline classes, prepare for in-person exams and manage exam stress. The guide would especially help students appearing for their Class 10, 12 board exams 2022.

The guide, titled ‘Readapt and Readjust: Back to the Classroom’, is a partnership between Fortis National Mental Health Programme, Fortis Healthcare, Sangath’s It’s Ok To Talk initiative, and Instagram. The guide will focus on providing students with practical tips to manage study and exam priorities, learning strategies to cope with associated stress triggers and study techniques to improve concentration. It would also consist of relaxation strategies for short-term relief as well as important self-care practices to manage mental health in the long-term.

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1M1B Foundation, a social innovation and future skills initiative has designed the guide. The guide will be distributed through several online networks of schools and parents.

Students, schools, and parents can view the guide on the Instagram page of Fortis Mental Health and download the guide from the website of 1 million for 1 billion.

Samir Parikh, Director, Fortis National Mental Health Program, Fortis Healthcare, shares more context, “This guide is a useful initiative that would enable students to build insight, knowledge, and tools to deal effectively with stress. Let’s empower students with the skills that would guide them towards optimal performance and success. We’re glad to have partnered with Instagram and Sangath for the same.”

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Pattie Gonsalves, Director, It’s Ok To Talk, Sangath, said, “Being back at school after two years of a pandemic is bringing a range of both positive and difficult emotions – excitement and nervousness about being back, seeing friends and teachers again but with new rules about how to act. Being back also means coping with many changes at school and still doing well on tests and exams. We hope the collective guidance brought together by Fortis National Mental Health Program, Instagram and Sangath helps more students feel a little more prepared. ”

Natasha Jog, Head, Public Policy, Instagram, Facebook India (Meta), said, “The wellbeing of young people is one of Instagram’s core priorities. We’ve brought critical constituents of the ecosystem together, who’ve shared lessons from their continuous work to enhance young people’s lives and mental health, into the ‘Readapt and Readjust’ guide. We hope with their guidance for students, and the reach of Instagram, more and more young people benefit from it.”