In post-lockdown China, student mental health in focus amid reported jump in suicides

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SHANGHAI: Some Chinese students returning to school after lockdown are grappling with familial conflict while others are stressing over how ...

11 Jun 2020 07:43AMSHANGHAI: Some Chinese students returning to school after lockdown are grappling with familial conflict while others are stressing over how coronavirus disruptions have affected their academic performance, teachers and school counsellors say.

"There have been some heartbreaking incidents as schools reopened," Yan Wu, vice mayor of the southern city of Zhuhai, said at China's annual parliamentary meeting last month."This highlights the importance and urgency of promoting mental health development in young students," he said. The state-owned Health Times also reported on Sunday that nationwide, 18 students had jumped off buildings in the past three months and quoted experts calling for more focus on student mental health.

Junior high students wearing face masks attend a class on their first day of returning to school following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China March 16, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERSIn late April, China's education ministry began telling schools to pay attention to mental health and adjust lesson plans so that students feel less academic pressure.

Students wearing face masks are seen inside a classroom during a government-organised media tour at a high school as more students returned to campus following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Shanghai, China May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song She was one of six Shanghai-based teachers and school counsellors interviewed for this story. All declined to be identified as they were not authorised to speak to media.

 

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