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UMMEED Guidelines
October 13 , 2023
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- The Union Ministry of Education (MoE) released the draft guidelines for schools to prevent suicide among students.
- It includes ‘plan of action’ the setting up of wellness teams, orientation of teachers and family members, and immediate response to students exhibiting warning signs.
- This guideline is titled as UMMEED (Understand, Motivate, Manage, Empathise, Empower, Develop).
- These guidelines aim to serve as “directions to schools for enhancing sensitivity, understanding, and providing support in case of reported self-harm”.
- A school wellness team (SWT) may be formed under the leadership of the school principal, where each member is oriented in handling crisis situations.
- When a student displaying warning signs has been identified by any stakeholder, they need to be reported to the SWT, which takes immediate action.
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