Students at a forum organised by The Straits Times on Friday also told Education Minister Chan Chun Sing that the lingering stigma of seeing a counsellor, and its associations with misbehaviour, hold them back from seeking professional help.
Tampines Meridian Junior College student El'Yez Mu'Arif said teens might not feel comfortable sharing private details with counsellors. He and four other students had dialled in virtually to the forum - titled It's Okay Not To Be Okay - while three were there in person at the Singapore Press Holdings Studio.Chan, in response to El'Yez's suggestion, said:"We want to equip more teachers, reduce their workload a bit and have them take on some of these duties because I think most of you are much more comfortable with your teachers because you know them much more intimately.
At the dialogue, Chan added that to him, it is not just the number of counsellors at a school which is important but the strength of the relationships between them and the students."I think many people don't actually know the counsellor or haven't met the counsellor, or haven't tried talking to the counsellor," she said.
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