Schools and universities are an essential institution in society that helps students who have mental issues. The increased concern among students’ mental health means a need to offer them better assistance. This implies that institutions must pay serious attention towards mental health by implementing various measures concerning promotions of equality, better provisions and support for students with health complications that may affect their academic performance. It is advantageous to the individual and the academic society in general.
Firstly, institutions should provide more offered mental health services for students and staff. To that end, it is important for persons to have access to counselors, therapists, as well as Support groups that are well trained. Lack of qualified personnel to deliver mental health services could cause the students to lack adequate access to the services. These measures involve increasing the staff to ensure that students can be reached out to in time and have an opportunity to get an attending without having to pay for the service.
This is also true with regard to building a good mental health culture within the context of the institution. There should be provision of safe space for the students to engage in issues touching on mental health and ensure that the university does not enhance the stigma by negatively portraying such individuals in movies. Introducing well-being and aiding tips from orientation and any activities that are related to the learners helps the students to appreciate the same when requiring assistance. Many campaigns sought to promote students' support to one another in school.
Consequently, certain changes to academic policies are needed for learners with mental health difficulties. The ability to bring forward or postpone deadlines during a course, options to decrease the amount of work in a course, and conveniently locating advisors are also very important. It is for this reason that institutions should come up with policies that embrace Emotionally Intelligent while at the same time ensuring standard and quality of educational delivery and achievement. Using this basis, companies can expand the concept of health care days to improve the condition of students.
Moreover, it is also important to foster the relations between the schools, families, and other mental health agencies. In this case, it is important to note that schools can enhance their personal networks with professionals other than those available at a school.. It is important that measures to address and attend to the welfare of students are taken by organized catalogs of instructions conducting workshops for parents and training for their faculty. Institutionalization of mental health is a process that enables students to feel valued as their institutions support them, hence improving their academic and other aspects of their lives.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Schools and universities must take proper steps and implement various strategies to provide necessary support and care to such students. Add new facilities, encourage free discussion, and adopt tolerant academic codes are three major measures. Thus, the support of families and other outside professionals is another way that institutions can develop a strong care network. This is not only about catering for the issues which may lead to mental breakdown for some students but also putting students in an environment that will be conducive to produce a positive attitude towards learning, and their wellbeing. It is mandatory and emergent that Africans must act within this current globalized system.
