Socio-Emotional Learning & Its Significance

The period of individual brilliance in human evolutionary history is almost over; its collective efforts that matter. For collective efforts to succeed we need more emotionally literate and socially connected communities. Significance of Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) In this era of globalization and digitalization; the cultural, regional ethnic, linguistic, and national boundaries blur and merge. As humanity forays into unheard domains and unfathomable technological revolution, the need for emotional engagement and social connectedness increases many fold. To be emotionally engaged we need to create emotionally literate people. Emotionally literate communities are socially more connected. An emotionally literate person is able to …

Why Mental Wellness?

“Prevention is Better than Cure” – This phrase has enormous significance when we discuss Mental Health. Mental disorders are normally caused by a combination of  biological, environmental, psychological and genetic factors. Except for the genetic factor, we do have  control over the other three factors. Thus it becomes critical that individuals, families and communities identify the significance of creating and providing safe and trusted psychological spaces, understand the biology of mental health and provide supportive environments within families and communities.Creating awareness by engaging in empathetic conversations with all the stakeholders (students, families, institutions and wider communities) can bring in the …

The Twenty First Century Global Citizen Programme (TFCGCP)

The Twenty First Century Global Citizen Programme (TFCGCP) is designed with a specific purpose of empowering the academia, learners and parents with the critical skills and understandings required to navigate through the challenges of the digital age.  As uncertainties mount, and the pace of change acquires exponential proportions, every individual struggles to accommodate the change and adapt to the newly arising challenges. Across different age groups, people have become more stressed, emotionally volatile and are facing a cognitive decline. The time has come for all the stakeholders to collaborate and understand the causes that are critically endangering the psychological well-being …

Stay Connected – Stay Resilient – Be Empathetic – Collaborate to Problem Solve

Mental Health is a state of well-being in which an individual realises her/his own abilities, can cope with normal stresses of life, can work productively (learn engagingly – for students) and is able to make a contribution to her/his community. According to W.H.O, Mental Health is fundamental to our collective and individual ability as humans to think, emote and interact with each other, earn a living and enjoy life. The promotion, protection and (restoration) of mental health can be regarded as a critical responsibility of individuals, institutions, communities and societies and nations across the world. What are the determinants of …